June 13, 2015 – NATIONAL ROSÉ DAY – NATIONAL WEED YOUR GARDEN DAY – NATIONAL KITCHEN KLUTZES OF AMERICAN DAY – NATIONAL SEWING MACHINE DAY

                                                 NATIONAL ROSÉ DAY

National Rosé Day is celebrated annually on the second Saturday in June.  Rosé is probably the oldest known type of wine, dating back as far as 600 BC.  Rosé wines are generally made from red grapes and are a very versatile wine that complement many types of food. Rosé is lighter than red wine and deeper than white wine.  The pink color of Rosé wine depends on the time the grape skin stays in contact with the juice, also known as maceration.  There are Rosé wines that are semi-sparkling or sparkling with different intense of sweetness levels and dryness.
CELEBRATE
Celebrate National Rosé Day by having a bottle of Rosé wine with dinner or simply invite friends over for h’orderves and enjoy each other’s company.  Share your special evening on Social Media using #NationalRoséDay.
HISTORY
National Rosé Day was submitted to and approved by the registrar of National Day Calendar in October of 2014 by Bodvár of Sweden – House of Rosés – a Rosé House specializing in Rosé wines to raise awareness and give Rosé lovers a day to celebrate with “summer’s water”.
Visit Bodvár of Sweden  for more wonderful information about Rosé wines.

National Weed your Garden Day – June 13

NATIONAL WEED YOUR GARDEN DAY

National Weed Your Garden Day is celebrated annually on June 13.  This day is set aside for all gardeners to take an extra 5 or 10 minutes while weeding their gardens.
One of the best gardening tips is to stay in control of your garden.  Weeds grow fast, very fast and can soon become overwhelming.  If you stay on top of them, it is much easier to maintain your garden.  Weeding 5 or 10 minutes each day will make the job seem bearable and maybe even a little bit enjoyable and you will be in control and the weeds will not!!
Excessive and unwanted weeds will crowd out plant roots and steal the nutrients that are needed for the plants to grow nice and healthy.
Helpful tips on reducing weeds in your garden:

• Cover the soil along rows and between plants with mulch.
• Make sure to keep all weeds away from young plants.
• It is okay to plant your plants closely together to leave less room for weed growth.
• Have soil weed-free before planting.
• Make sure you do not let any of the weeds flower out.
• Keep the edges of your yard mowed low to lessen the invasion of weeds onto your property and into your garden.

Enjoy your gardening, your weeding and your fresh produce and Happy National Weed Your Garden Day!
NATIONAL WEED YOUR GARDEN DAY HISTORY

We were unable to locate the creator of National Weed Your Garden Day, an “unofficial” National holiday.

National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day – June 13

NATIONAL KITCHEN KLUTZES OF AMERICA DAY

Each June 13 honors those who would like to cook and be in the kitchen but it just doesn’t seem to work well for them.  After all,  it is National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day.

Klutz:  most commonly referred to as a clumsy person.

There are many people who have the intentions of Paula Dean, Julia Child, Rachael Ray, Wolfgang Puck, Bobby Flay or one of the other wonderful chef’s, however their good intentions always seem to end up upside down.   We have all had our little “mishaps”:  spilled milk, broken glass, 1 tablespoon of salt instead of 1 teaspoon, baking soda instead of baking powder, burned cookies, underdone roast,  cut our finger, burned our hand and etc..  It is to the “Kitchen Klutz” that these things continue to happen time and time again.

It may be necessary to keep a medical emergency kit in the kitchen for these brave people who keep trying!

NATIONAL KITCHEN KLUTZES OF AMERICA DAY HISTORY

Within our research, we were unable to find the creator or the origin of Kitchen Klutzes of America Day, an “unofficial” National holiday.

For more great information on these and other holidays, check out the “Queen of Holidays” Jace Shoemaker-Galloway .

National Sewing Machine Day – June 13

NATIONAL SEWING MACHINE DAY

Celebrated annually on June 13 is National Sewing Machine Day.   This day honors the invention of the sewing machine.  It is hard to imagine having to sew things together by hand….. stitch by stitch.

Skilled cabinet-maker and English inventor, Thomas Saint, received the first patent for a design of a sewing machine in 1790.  It was meant for leather and canvas, was never advertised and no evidence of it, other than his drawings, could be found.   In 1874, William Newton Wilson found Saint’s drawings in the London Patent Office, made adjustments and built a working model.  This model is currently owned by the London Science Museum.

• Walter Hunt invented the first American lockstitch sewing machine in 1832.
• John Greenough patented the first sewing machine in the United States in 1842.

Industrial use of the sewing machine reduced the burden that was placed upon housewives, moving clothing production from them and seamstresses to large-scale factories.  This also resulted in a decrease in production time which caused the price of clothing to drop considerably.

Today, many people are again becoming interested in the art of sewing and making their own clothing.  Crafts fairs and flea markets are filled with booths full of beautiful sewing machine-made clothes along with  numerous other sewing machine-made items.

Quilters across America are known as sewing machine experts!