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Top 5 Reasons to Buy the 2009 Farmers’ Almanac

1. Weather — this winter’s forecast is sure to leave many hoping we are wrong.
2. Grow You Own – great story by the Garden Girl about how to grow your own fruit and vegetables even if you don’t have a yard.
3. Household Mysteries Solved- tried and true tricks on how to solve the mystery of [...]

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Best Ways to Celebrate Memorial Day Indoors (in case it rains)

Here at the Farmers’ Almanac we live and breathe weather. Overall, our predictions are calling for “fairly good” conditions for Memorial Day, but there’s always a chance that Mother Nature throws us a curve ball. Thus the risk you deal with when you work in the weather field.
But never fear! The Farmers’ Almanac is [...]

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Farmers’ Almanac Top Ten Gardening Hints

Harvest your vegetable plants often. The more you pick tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash, the more they’ll grow.
Place freshly picked, green tomatoes in a brown paper bag to ripen. (Contrary to what many people believe, its temperature, not sunshine, that makes tomatoes turn red).
Animal pests don’t like strong-smelling plants. Surround your garden with marigolds, zinnias, or [...]

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The Rose Touch

©By Deborah S. Tukua
Roses have long stood as a symbol of love in the gift and ceremonies in which they are integrally woven. Roses retain their preferred standing on the top ten most popular list of flowers for weddings, graduations and special occasions and are popularly used through out all four seasons of the year.
If [...]

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