Good morning, How are you? I wanted to share our series featuring Food Holidays: April 19th, 2022. Would you take a look at the Holidays being celebrated today and let me know which Holiday you most want to celebrate and why. For me if Charlie was younger and there was one close to my home I would have had him join the Boys Club because when I was growing up I went to the Girls Club and I love it. Did you go to the Boys or Girls Club as a child?
Boys and Girls Club Day celebrates the invaluable Boy’s Clubs and Girl’s Clubs around the Country. There are clubs all over America providing safe recreational activities for our youthwhch teach values and citizenship. These clubs help to keep kids out of trouble and off of the street.
Today is a day to recognize the importance of these groups for our children and to the community. With more and more parents at work, and broken families, these groups take on added importance.
You can celebrate Boys Club and Girl’s Club Day in a variety of ways:
- Learn about your local Boy’s and Girl’s clubs through research
- Encourage your children to join the Boys and Girls Clubs
- As parents and adults, volunteer your time at the Boys and Girls Clubs
- Make a donation to the Boys and Girls Clubs
- If there is no Boys or Girls Club in your area, play a role in starting one.
History and Origin of Boy’s Club Day:
While we did not find definitive information on the creation of this holiday, we have little doubt that it was created by the Boy’s Club of America.
World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day
As the old saying goes;; “Give a man some vegetables, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to grow a Vegetable garden, and you feed his whole family for life!”
It’s a hungry world. Famine affects millions upon millions of people but if everyone had even a small garden, there would be far fewer people suffering from starvation. For the average person, having a Vegetable garden, helps to ease the family food budget, too. In addition, people who grow some or all of their own Vegetables often do so Organically, or at least with less of those harmful chemical insecticides, herbicides and fertilizers. Giving them healthier food for our children? This alone is a great reason to start a Vegetable garden today!
Looking for ideas on where to plant your first garden? Millions upon millions of people are already gardening in some amazing places. Backyard gardens are what normally comes to mind but Urban community gardens also abound. In urban environments, vacant lots are often used but make sure you seek permission from the owner first. Did you know people grow gardens in containers and pots on balconies, decks, and patios. Apartment rooftops can be a great place for your new garden. For those of us who are space constrained, vertical gardens could be the solution.
Participation in this holiday is fun and easy. Join in the fun hobby of gardening by simply starting a Vegetable, flower or Herb Garden. If you are already a gardener, help someone to start their very first garden. Show them how to start small, making the garden easy to handle and less like a chore. Chances are, they will make the garden larger in future years, as they grow there gardening expertise.
History and Origin of World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day
This holiday day was created in 2019 by Bob Matthews of Rochester, NY. Bob is owner and author of The Gardener’s Network, Garden Hobbies, and Pumpkin Nook. Bob is also an avid, life time gardener.
World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day was created to help feed a hungry planet, and encourage people to join in the fun of gardening. While this holiday is intended to create a Vegetable garden, Matthews says you can use this holiday to plant a flower or herb garden, if you prefer. Or you could grow all three gardens which would be a Vegetables Garden, Flower Garden and Herb Garden?
The date of May 19th was chosen, as the last frost date has past for almost everyone in the Northern Hemisphere, where the vast majority of humans live. If the last frost date has not yet occurred in your area, start a few plants indoors today, for transplanting outdoors later.
Find more Garden Holidays now!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
