No matter where you live, you’ve probably seen some wild, wacky weather this fall! Here in Maine, where I live, snow has already begun to fall in the mountains. While New England has a reputation for long, snowy winters, snow in October isn’t typical. According to local news reports, we only see snow before Halloween [...]

As the Fall weather hits, how far behind is winter? We are seeing snow in Colorado to Montana and temperatures as cold as 18 degrees in Idaho and not much warmer in Northern Texas.  One of the great predictors of the upcoming winter is the persimmon seed. In a supermarket near you, you should find [...]

In last few years one of the fastest growing sports is that of paddling Giant Pumpkins. It started on Lake Pesaquid in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. Today there are dozens of races involving Giant Pumpkins. My first competition was in Canada. The last couple  years, I have stayed closer to home and paddle in the [...]

Last week when we announced the results of our first Full Moon contest., we received a comment taking us to task for changing yet another tradition. I love history and I immerse myself in tradition as much as any one does. Maybe I need to better explain what we are trying to accomplish. [...]

It’s official, October’s full moon will now be named the “Pumpkin Moon.”
Thanks to many of you and others, thousands of www.FarmerAlmanac.com Web visitors voted to select the new name for October’s Full Moon — which will be here on Sunday, October 4.
The winning name was submitted by William Culver, of Princess Anne, Md. Culver was [...]

The song “America The Beautiful” was written by Katharine Lee Bates and the melody by Samuel Ward. Whenever I hear the song, I think about the national parks that dot America’s Landscape. In the rest of the world, magnificence is measured in the form of pyramids, castles, and grand gardens – [...]

Last fall during an interview I was asked about the naming of Full Moons. I gave the usual answer that they were named by Native Americans hundreds of years ago and reflected what was happening during that specific month. The Full Pink Moon is in April because the first wild flowers were pink. The Harvest [...]