June

June, named for the Roman goddess Juno, patroness of marriage and women, is a month embraced by brides and gardeners, schoolchildren and sun lovers.

Since ancient times, cultures have adopted June as the perfect time for revelry, weddings, and feasts, especially on the eve of Midsummer Day, June 24, when people from Scandinavia to North Africa celebrated the summer solstice with wild parties and bonfires.

While high school seniors look forward to the end of school and a June graduation, we remind them that “commencement” simply means a new beginning.

June offers the most hours of daylight of any month of the year. Even the most tender plants—softies like basil, impatiens, and tomatoes—are in the ground now.

Folk wisdom tells us that all of the plants will catch up by the end of the month regardless of how early we got them in the ground, thanks to the long hours of sunshine!

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