Farmers' Almanac Healthy Living
Farmers’ Almanac’s time-tested advice for natural, homemade remedies for a healthy lifestyle.
Have a Healthy Summer!
Sunburn, heat exhaustion, insect bites. Avoid the pitfalls of summer with this handy guide!
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There IS a Cure for the Summertime Blues!
Eddie Cochran was wrong! If being trapped indoors all summer has got you down, try these strategies for beating the stuck at work blues!
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Battle Reenactments: Educational Fun for the Whole Family!
Love reading about history? Have a burning desire to live in another time? Battle reenacting is a hobby that’s as fun as it is educational.
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Those Blasted Black Flies!
Mosquitoes are a much-dreaded fact of summer throughout the world, but anyone who enjoys the outdoors in Canada and the northernmost U.S. states knows that the real enemy of the wilderness wanderer is the malevolent black fly.
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If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.
