“A SWARM OF BEES IN MAY IS WORTH A LOAD OF HAY.
A SWARM OF BEES IN JUNE IS WORTH A SILVER SPOON.
A SWARM OF BEES IN JULY IS NOT WORTH A FLY.”
~PROVERB

MONTHLY SIGNS & SYMBOLS

FULL MOON:

“STRAWBERRY MOON”, “ROSE MOON”, and “HONEY MOON”

FLOWER:

HONEYSUCKLE & ROSE

TREE:

BIRCH, APPLE, FIG, ASH

COLOR:

YELLOW, SILVER

BIRTHSTONE:

ALEXANDRITE, MOONSTONE & PEARL

ANIMAL TOTEMS:

DEER, WOODPECKER & SEAHORSE, WREN

ASTROLOGICAL ZODIAC SIGNS:

GEMINI: (MAY 21 – JUNE 20)
CANCER: (JUNE 21 – JULY 22)

PLANETS:

Mercury (Gemini)
Moon (Cancer)

NATURE HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

JUNE: National Rose Month
JUNE (1st week): National Garden Week
JUNE (1st Saturday): National Trails Day
JUNE 5: World Environment Day
JUNE 7: June Bug Day
JUNE 8: World Oceans Day
JUNE 12: Red Rose Day
JUNE 15: Global Wind Day
JUNE 15: Nature Photography Day
JUNE (3rd week): National Grasslands Week
JUNE 20-22: Summer Solstice
JUNE 22: World Rainforest Day
JUNE 27: National Onion Day
JUNE 28: World Nature Conservation Day

THIS DAY in HISTORY

JUNE 2, 1899 – JULY 4, 1902: “THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR” BEGINS ON THIS DAY.
JUNE 5, 1968: SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY IS SHOT & KILLED AT “THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL” IN LOS ANGELES.
JUNE 6, 1933: THE FIRST “DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATER” OPENS IN NEW JERSEY.
JUNE 6, 1944: ALLIED FORCES INVADE NORMANDY, FRANCE.
JUNE 13, 1971: “THE NEW YORK TIMES” BEGINS PUBLISHING EXCERPTS OF THE “PENTAGON PAPERS”.
JUNE 15, 1752: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DEMONSTRATES HIS THEORY OF LIGHTNING AS ELECTRICITY.
JUNE 16,1933: THE “GLASS-STEAGALL” BANKING ACT OF 1933 IS ENACTED ON THIS DAY.
JUNE 16, 1933: “THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT” IS ENACTED, CREATING THE “PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION”.
JUNE 16, 1876: MARK TWAIN’S “TOM SAWYER” IS 1st PUBLISHED.
JUNE 17, 1964: KEN KESEY & “THE MERRY PRANKSTERS” EMBARK ON THEIR CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP IN A “PSYCHEDELIC” BUS.
JUNE 17, 1972: 5 BURGLARS ARE ARRESTED IN A BREAK-IN OF THE “D.N.C.” HEADQUARTERS AT THE “WATERGATE COMPLEX”.
JUNE 25, 1950 –JULY 27, 1953: “KOREAN WAR” BEGINS ON THIS DAY
JUNE 26, 1945: “THE UNITED NATIONS” CHARTER IS SIGNED.
JUNE 29, 1894: “LABOR DAY” BECOMES A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
JUNE 29, 1956: INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM IS ESTABLISHED.
JUNE 30, 1892: PENNSYLVANIA STEEL WORKERS’ “THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE” AGAINST CARNEGIE STEEL CO. BEGINS.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

*ANDY GRIFFITH (JUNE 1, 1926 – JULY 3, 2012)
—-TV / FILM / STAGE ACTOR, PRODUCER
*RON WOOD (BORN JUNE 1, 1947)
—-ROCK GUITARIST (”ROLLING STONES”, “THE FACES”, “JEFF BECK GROUP”)
*ALLEN GINSBERG (JUNE 3, 1926 – APRIL 5, 1997)
—-“BEAT GENERATION” POET, ACTIVIST
*CURTIS MAYFIELD (JUNE 3, 1942 – DECEMBER 26, 1999)
—-R&B / SOUL SINGER, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER
*FRANCISCO “PANCHO” VILLA (JUNE 5, 1878 – JULY 20, 1923)
—-MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADER
*JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES (JUNE 5, 1883 – 21 APRIL 1946)
—-ECONOMIST, AUTHOR
*BILL MOYERS (BORN JUNE 5, 1934)
—-JOURNALIST, PRODUCER
*MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN (BORN JUNE 6, 1939)
—-CHILDREN‘S & CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, FOUNDER OF “CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND”
*PAUL GAUGUIN (JUNE 7, 1848 – MAY 8,1903)
—-ARTIST / PAINTER
*“PRINCE” (JUNE 7, 1958 – APRIL 21, 2016)
—-R&B / FUNK / SOUL / POP SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST, PRODUCER
*GUSTAVO GUTIERRREZ (BORN JUNE 8, 1928)
—-PERUVIAN PRIEST, FOUNDER OF “LIBERATION THEOLOGY”
*HOWLIN’ WOLF (JUNE 10, 1910 – JANUARY 10, 1976)
—-SINGER / SONGWRITER / GUITARIST
*JEANNETTE RANKIN (JUNE 11, 1880 – MAY 18, 1973)
—-SUFFRAGIST, 1st WOMAN ELECTED TO US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
*JACQUES COUSTEAU (JUNE 11, 1910 – JUNE 25, 1997)
—-OCEANOGRAPHER, CONSERVATIONIST, FILMMAKER, AUTHOR
*ANNE FRANK (JUNE 12, 1929 – MARCH 31, 1945)
—-DIARIST, VICTIM OF HOLOCAUST
*SONIA MANZANO (BORN JUNE 12,1950)
—-ACTRESS (”MARIA” from “SESAME STREET”), AUTHOR, SONGWRITER
*HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (JUNE 14, 1811 – JULY 1, 1896)
—-ABOLITIONIST, AUTHOR
*GERONIMO (JUNE 16, 1829 – FEBRUARY 17, 1909)
—-BEDONKOHE APACHE LEADER, SHAMAN
*PHYLICIA RASHAD (BORN JUNE 19, 1948)
—-STAGE / TV ACTRESS, DIRECTOR
*CHET ATKINS (JUNE 20, 1924 – JUNE 30, 2001)
—-GUITARIST, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER
*MERYL STREEP (BORN JUNE 22, 1949)
—-FILM / STAGE / TV ACTRESS
*JUNE CARTER CASH (JUNE 23, 1929 – MAY 15, 2003)
—-COUNTRY SINGER / SONGWRITER, PERFORMER, AUTHOR
*GEORGE ORWELL (JUNE 25, 1903 – JANUARY 21, 1950)
—-WRITER, JOURNALIST ( “1984”, “ANIMAL FARM”)
*HELEN KELLER (JUNE 27, 1880 – JUNE 1, 1968)
—-AUTHOR, ACTIVIST
*GRACE LEE BOGGS (JUNE 27, 1915 – OCTOBER 5, 2015)
—-AUTHOR, PHILOSOPHER, CIVIL & FEMINIST ACTIVIST
*BOB “CAPT. KANGAROO” KEESHAN (JUNE 27, 1927 – JAN. 23, 2004)
—-TV PRODUCER, KID’S SHOW HOST
*JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (JUNE 28, 1712 – JULY 2, 1778)
—-PHILOSOPHER, AUTHOR, COMPOSER
*GILDA RADNER (JUNE 28, 1946 – MAY 20, 1989)
—-TV / FILM / STAGE COMEDIAN, ACTRESS (“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE”)
*MEL BROOKS (BORN JUNE 28, 1926)
—-ACTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR (”THE PRODUCERS”, “YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”)
*LENA HORNE (JUNE 30, 1917- MAY 9, 2010)
—-SINGER, STAGE / FILM / TV ACTRESS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

FACTS & TRIVIA for JUNE

JUNE IS NAMED FOR “JUNO”, THE ROMAN GODDESS OF MARRIAGE, QUEEN OF THE GODS.
JUNE HAS THE LONGEST DAYLIGHT HOURS OF ANY OTHER MONTH OF THE YEAR (FOR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE).
THE SUMMER SOLSTICE OCCURS ON JUNE 21 THIS YEAR.
JUNE IS “AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH”!

HOME & GARDEN

Good time to add new PERENNIALS to garden beds & containers.
Tend to ROSES. ORGANIC FERTILIZERS and/or MULCH can be applied this month. Place & secure CLIMBING ROSES to trellis.
Mix up a batch of *GARLIC SPRAY and keep handy. Kills APHIDS & other infestations, BLACK SPOT, POWDERY MILDEW, etc., but completely safe for plants, planet, persons & pets. *(RECIPE: In a 1pt spray bottle, mix 1 – 2oz. GARLIC INFUSED VEGETABLE OIL, 2 oz. CASTILE SOAP, & Fill with water.)
In the VEGETABLE garden, PLANT: Tomato, pumpkin, brussel sprouts, carrots, eggplant, garlic, onion, peas, potato starts. SOW: Pumpkin, corn, beans, potatoes, spinach, kale, beets, squash, zucchini, radish, greens, cauliflower, chives, turnips.
Set up any needed VEGETABLE GARDEN trellis, stakes & other such support frames to train plants to, as they grow.
Best time to PRUNE Forsythia, Japanese Snowball, Lilac, Rhoddies, Azaleas, Camellia, Pieris, Daphnes, Weigela, Conifers.
Best month for OUTDOOR PAINTING projects. Dry, but not too hot or dusty, and plenty of daylight.
Spring blooming PERENNIALS can be divided & transplanted (Phlox, Brunnera, Primrose, Bleeding Hearts, Daffodil, Ornamental Grasses, etc.). Keep well watered to establish before warmer months roll in.
Clear out spent SPRING BULB flowers & debris from garden beds.
Promote new blooms in ANNUALS by deadheading spent flowers.
Reduce mosquitos & other pests by regularly changing out BIRD BATHS, kid’s pools, etc.