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Articles

How Much Energy Does Your Laser Printer Use?
Consider energy use before you take out your wallet If you are interested in conserving energy, you may want to take a hard look at your household appliances. Some add quite a few dollars to your energy bill. .

Save Energy and Money This Winter
Easy to follow tips for a more efficient home.

Healthy Honey
Honey can help prevent allergies and even give you a slow, steady release of energy.

Buy New and Save Money!
Energy efficient appliances are now easy to find, and they can save you money.


5 Ways You May Be Inadvertently Hurting the Earth
Find out if your everyday actions may be hurting the earth.

20 Ways to Save Gas
Gas prices continue to rise. Learn what you can do to help keep your gas consumption and expenditures down.

Winter Feeding Mistakes
Try these solutions for Cattle Feeding foul-ups.

Natural Cures with Apple Cider Vinegar
Get more energy, relieve symptoms of arthritis and more.

Eat A Banana for What Ails You
Need a quick pick-me-up? Try a banana. It gives you more sustained energy than anything out of a vending machine!

How Much Do You Know About Hurricanes?
First appearing in the 2006 Farmers' Almanac They may be more deadly than you think. Here are some hurricane facts.

Cook More Efficiently
Get a Second Meal Out of One 6 tips for saving time in the kitchen

Easy Ways to Preserve our Earth
We can all do something to help preserve our earth. It doesn't have to be difficult.

Do you know How to Burn off Calories?
How many calories do you burn sitting at the computer? Ever wonder how you can burn off additional calories during the day?

Does Solar Wind Affect the Weather?
With global warming being discussed as a major climate and weather altering catalyst, some experts are also looking at solar wind. What is solar wind and can it affect the weather?


Useful and Timely Tips from the Farmers' Almanac
Did you know that apples will turn lettuce brown? Or what to do if the plastic wrap you use is clinging to itself? Find the answers and more here.


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Weekly Wisdom
From the Farmers' Almanac Looking for a more natural moth ball remedy? Ever wonder what cloves are? Find the answers and more here.

Make Your 12 Days of Christmas More GREEN
12 Earth-Friendly Tips Learn how to make the 12 days of Christmas a little more green. Check out our easy but useful tips here.

How long does a star last in outer space?
Does it ever explode? Ever wonder how old a star is? Or if it ever explodes? Read on for the answers and more star-filled information.

Amazing Hummingbird Facts
Did you know a hummingbird's heart beats 500 times a minute? Or that it can fly backwards? Learn more about these tiny birds.

Light Pollution: Are you a culprit?
Learn why the night sky isn't as dark as it used to be.

What is Earth Day?
April 22 is Earth Day. Ever wonder how and why Earth Day became a holiday of sorts?

Fourth of July SIZZLERS!
Top Ten HOTTEST Independence Days Fourth of July is a time for picnics, parades, and fireworks, but maybe not in these towns. Check out how HOT some places get during this patriotic holiday.

Traveling Green on Your Honeymoon
5 Great Green Travel Tips Going green doesn't have to mean sacrificing luxury. Check out these helpful green hints.

Videos

Home ECOnomics: Light Bulbs
Looking to save on energy costs? Tommy Linstroth demonstrates the advantages of compact fluorescent light bulbs as a heat-reducing, cost-effective solution for inside your home.

Wind Power
Farmers' Almanac TV visits the American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas for a glimpse into the past, present, and future of windmills.

Blog



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Keeping Warm Economically
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Easy Ways to "Greenify" Your Home
June 30, 2008 11:00 AM

Warming Spices
February 1, 2006 2:33 PM


Meetings with Remarkable Trees
July 8, 2005 4:45 PM

A GREEN New Year to You!
January 8, 2008 10:41 AM


Butterfly Garden
July 19, 2006 7:56 AM




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Easy Ways You Can Make A Difference
Little Things Add Up. Here are some asy ways to help preserve the earth from the Farmers’ Almanac. Recycle those plastic bags you get from the produce department at your local store. To keep them neat and easy to find, make...

About UV
The sun radiates energy over a broad spectrum of wavelengths. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which has a shorter wavelength than either visible blue ...

Farmers' Almanac Fact Sheet
Every year since 1818, the Farmers’ Almanac has been sought after for its long-range weather predictions, practical gardening and household advice, fishing tips, astronomical data and articles on ways to conserve time, energy, and the earth. The Farmers' Almanac has...

Peter Geiger, Philom., Editor of the Farmers' Almanac
If Peter Geiger hadn’t become the seventh editor of the world-famous Farmers’ Almanac, he would have wanted to write a syndicated column offering handy, time saving household hints. Luckily for famous hint maven Heloise, Peter’s fate was sealed from an...

Tommy Linstroth
Watch Tommy in Home ECOnomics » Tommy is the head of Sustainable Initiatives for Melaver, Inc. His career has spanned the private, academic, and non-profit sectors from the west coast to the east, where he presently oversees the scope...