Why You Should Embrace Daylight Saving Time
Sunshine, and warmer temperatures are high on the Avant Gardening and Landscaping team’s list these days. Yours, too?
We’re guaranteed a little more daylight as we “spring ahead” with Daylight Saving Time this weekend (along with some grumbles about losing an hour of sleep).
But did you know, Wisconsin residents actually voted in 1957, to make Daylight Saving Time a law? The general idea behind it– if the sun was out “longer” than normal, people would use the natural light to their advantage. This would also lead to less electricity being used because lights at home would be turned on later.
50+ years later, the usefulness of Daylight Saving Time remains a divided issue. Yet for many gardeners, we embrace this opportunity to dig in the soil later into the day. And we’ll make the most of this beloved light. But while we wait for it to arrive, here’s a few ideas to help you get ready:
- Check last season’s garden journal, or begin one
- Start some garden plants, flowers indoors
- Tune up tools, garden equipment
- Create a composting area
- Tend to perennials
- Clean up leaves, yard debris