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Happy New Year!
With this issue, we begin the first full year of bringing our newsletter to your computer screen. This month's newsletter introduces several new writers, and next month's will introduce a new Family Adventures section. We're glad you're a part of our growing community! Please invite others to join us by forwarding this issue to friends who might enjoy any of its articles!
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Welcome
to the Year of the Rooster! Resolve to Give Yourself the Gift of Time!
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Home Care: Organizing Tips
Follow a "moving experience"! As a reader de-clutters, relocates,
and organizes a new home, our new Contributing Household Writers will
advise her about maintaining order. Read
more
Pond Care:Tips for Winter
Our new Contributing Garden-Pond Expert tells how to lessen winter stress
on pond inhabitants.
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WIT AND WISDOM
Farmers' Almanac Verbivore
What is a "verbivore" and why do we have one? Click here to meet our contributing humorist.
Inaugural Wit and Quiz
Which President delivered the longest inaugural speech and what became
of him? Answer
Here
Be
the first to identify the 20th century Presidents our Inaugural
Quiz – and win a prize!
Click for Quiz
Joke of the Month
Why
did the rooster cross the playground? Click!
New Year's Wisdom & Trivia
Learn the origin of the word calendar, discover the best way to spend winter evenings, and read subscribers' resolutions. Click here
Classic Winter-Weather Recipe
Our new Outdoor-Cooking Expert brings new appreciation to "going Dutch" with Scrumptious Dutch Oven Pot Roast! Full recipe here
Retro Recipe: Farmers' Almanac New Year's Punch
"Drinking in" this recipe will lend a positive
punch to your whole year! Curious? Look here
A
Classy Retro Roost!
For Your Farmers' Almanac Recipes
December Classic Recipe
Oops! Note correction to December recipe here.
Cookware Survey
We're seeking swear-by, can't-cook-without-it cookware brands. Tell us about your favorite! Newsletter@FarmersAlmanacTV.com
FAMILY ADVENTURES
New Feature!
Coming
in February! Adventures in Outdoor Family Fun,
Parenting, Learning, Health, and more!
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Read the BIG story behind this picture by a 10-year-old photographer. Click here for more |
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WEATHER
PREDICTIONS, LORE, & MORE
Tsunami!
One
of the largest tsunamis in recent history has devastated eastern coastal
regions of South Asia. Click
here to learn:
about tsunamis, tsunamis
in America, protecting yourself,
and helping
victims.
Farmers' Almanac Winter Weather Prediction
Is January
the coldest month? Where will I find the best ski conditions? A good swim? Click
here
Peek into the Canadian Farmers' Almanac for predictions for Canada. Look here
How Do YOU Predict the Weather?
We want to know! One reader's way
Weather Prediction Lore
What does it mean if a snowball’s center is wet or dry? Learn
more here
A Year-of-the-Rooster question:
What does it mean when land and
water fowl are especially boisterous? Learn the lore
Farmers' Almanac Weatherstick
Forecaster's
Best Friend
Readers Request Forecast -- and SNOW!
A worried grandma turns to the Farmers' Almanac for a weather forecast. Another reader asks those with snow to SHARE it! Read more
The Old-Fashioned Way
The recent shortage of flu vaccine reminds us of the importance of old-fashioned prevention. Click for tips
See
a 1901 Farmers' Almanac remedy
here.
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Stay
Warm Inside! Drink Farmers' Almanac Tea! |
NEW! Preventive Health Q&A
Ask Avery! Meet our new Health Writer! She'll ask experts your question
and report back. Learn
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Stay
Warm Outside! Hang Coats Here! |
Winter Survival Wisdom
Click
here for more life-saving tips about hypothermia, the "killer of the
unprepared."
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Farmers' Almanac TV Update
Submit your favorite home videos! We may convert them for TV or our Website! Read here
Farmers' Almanac TV Q&A
"Will WEATHER WISDOM be one of the most popular TV shows ever (And, by the way, how did Howdy-Doody begin?)" For the answers
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Hometown Highlights
Read about the hometowns of our READers and VIEWers! San Diego, CA; Hattiesburg, MS; Grayslake, IL; Castroville, TX; Okahumpka, FL; Osburn, ID; North Augusta, SC; Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; and Cullman, AL.
Farmers' Almanac Memories
"In my small Southern town, the hairdresser
followed the Farmers' Almanac and would only cut hair on ..." Guess!
Check your
answer here
Send Farmers' Almanac memories to Newsletter@FarmersAlmanacTV.com.
FARMERS' ALMANAC PUZZLERS AND PRIZES
Readers Ask: Old Advice
for New Times
Farmer
Joe and his Aunt Martha Matilda bring "Farmers' Almanac Wisdom" to
your dilemmas. Write Newsletter@FarmersAlmanacTV.com.
For advice on New Year's Resolutions, click
here.
January Puzzlers
This month, we present ANAGRAMS
and a RIDDLE from the 1838 Farmers' Almanac:
Anagrams
What scrambled phrase, related to the meaning of the anagram, can you find in each of these words?Telegraphs
Astronomers
The first readers to solve the most anagrams and to answer the riddle correctly will receive gift certificates from the Farmers' Almanac TV Market Place! Click here
T-Shirt Design Contest
Submit the winning design for the first Farmers' Almanac TV T-Shirt! Read more!
Farmers' Almanac Photo Contest
Enter our first annual photo contest! We'll showcase selected photography and feature contest winners on a Farmers' Almanac Calendar! Click here for the whole picture!
We answer.
Newsletter community thrives.
Our Rooster Letter Holder Welcomes Comments!
Newsletter@FarmersAlmanacTV.com
Happy
New Year to our Readers!
It is gratifying to have the pleasure once more of presenting our
little work to our friends and patrons, who have so long and so kindly
encouraged and patronized the Farmers' Almanack. We beg they will accept
our best wishes as a tribute of unfeigned gratitude.
Farmers' Almanack
1837
"Containing New, Useful, and Entertaining Matter"
Farmers' Almanac and Farmers'
Almanac TV
Celebrate
the Year of the Rooster
With a Rooster Weathervane!
Top
Off Your Home With a
Copper Rooster Weather Vane
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Rooster Weathervane
Gold Bronze, Rust, Verdigris
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For
the Time of Your Life
Accent Your New Year with Sundials!
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Sun
Face Sundial Tell time in style! Click Here |
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Sun
& Moon Sundial Constants amid change! Click Here |
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Fisherboy
Sundial Birdbath A garden delight! |