“I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
—Helen Keller
ACTIVITIES (like planting, for instance–things you can do on a personal, local level)
For the Flying Things: The birds, the bees, and butterflies!
- Don’t forget to put out food and water for the birds. Please, make sure the water will be in the shade during the heat of the summer.
- Please, don’t pull or cut the dandelions! Bees need them for food, especially in the early spring. They also love clover blooms, if you’re lucky enough to have some.
- Got milkweed?
- It’s time to start thinking about milkweed! Check out these helpful articles and videos:
- Help Save the Butterflies and Bees! They Need You!
- How to Grow Milkweed (excellent article)
- Milkweeds and How to Grow Them from Seed
- Milkweed and Wildflower Vendor Map
- Planting Milkweed Part 1 – Collecting Seeds (Help The Monarch Butterfly)
- Planting Milkweed Part 2 – Sprouting & Growth (Help The Monarch Butterfly)
- Planting Milkweed Part 3 – Ready To Transfer (Help The Monarch Butterfly)
- Planting Milkweed Part 4 – Banding Pods & Harvest (Help The Monarch Butterfly)
- It’s time to start thinking about milkweed! Check out these helpful articles and videos:
Gardening This Month:
- Follow Color Us Empowered on Facebook where I share the best articles, videos, and other information about all aspects of gardening (among other things) that I can find.
REMINDERS, OBSERVANCES, & EVENTS
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
May 1
- International Worker’s Day
- Celebrates the social and economic achievements of workers; anniversary of the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, when workers were striking for an eight-hour work day and were confronted by police.
May 3
- World Press Freedom Day
May 9-15
- Be Kind to Animals Week
- Mission/Purpose: “As Be Kind to Animals Week now turns 100 years old, we are launching a year-long campaign, Kindness 100, to celebrate a century of humane work and set the stage to create a more humane world for animals over the next hundred years. Join us in a new Compassion Movement for the 21st Century, take the Kindness 100 Humane Pledge, teach your kids the meaning of caring through our important and fun curricula, and get your friends involved.”
- For Additional Information:
May 21
- World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22
- International Day for Biodiversity
- For Additional Information:
May 25
- National Missing Children’s Day
- For Additional Information: