Ten Secrets to Simplifying your Life
Relaxing breakfasts with the family, taking a nature walk, remember a time when life was less stressful? Allow the Farmers' Almanac to remind you of life's simple pleasures and how to slow down and enjoy them more. Ideas, tips and more.

Keep Ants Out Of Your Home
Are the ants marching in? Learn smart living tips on ways to naturally keep these pests from invading your kitchen and home.

Healthy Hints for Better Hair
Learn when's the best day to cut your hair. Did you know there is a certain time in the month that's better for cutting your hair? Find out why and what days are best this month.

15 Easy Water Saving Tips
For Inside and Outside Saving water is a great way to live more resourcefully. Check out our Farmers' Almanac water conservation tips here.

Too Busy to Exercise? Think Again.
Simple Ways to Sneak in Exercise. Life is busy, but exercise is important. Check out our easy ways to sneak in some exercise.

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. .

Natural Ways to Keep Bugs Away!
Summer is such a wonderful time, but those mosquitoes can really be a pain. Learn how to naturally keep them away.

Marine Weather Warnings Explained
First appearing in the 2005 Farmers' Almanac

Get Healthier Looking Skin

Flower Arranging Basics
Receive flowers for Valentine's Day? Learn some basics about the best ways to arrange them.

Putting plastic snakes to work
A few good uses for plastic snakes that may have not crossed your mind. Read More

Wreaths are More than Just Decorations
Wreaths have been used as war symbols, as well as house identifiers. Learn more about wreaths and how to decorate with them.

Top 10 reasons to cut your own tree
Want to gather the family and cut down your own tree?

What is a Blue Moon?
Ever wonder what a Blue Moon is?

The Many Helpful Uses of Baking Soda
Baking soda can help clean your dishes, fruits and vegetables, as well as help out with other household chores.

The Lost Art of Doing Nothing
Are afternoons of lying in the grass pondering cloud shapes, evenings of watching sunsets, or mornings of counting snowflakes as they hit the windowpane all but extinct? Will we ever spend another hour or even a minute alone with our own thoughts? What incredible daydreams will never be had because we just simply do not have the time?

Why is Good Service so Hard to Schedule?
Sick of waiting on the repair man? So are we! Demand the good service that you deserve.

How did Frosty become a symbol of the holiday?

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.

Cooking with Warming Spices
Learn how to warm yourself up from the inside out by adding these spices to your menu.

Sick of Winter?
Warm up your home décor. Find out how to warm up your winter blues with some easy home decorating tips.

5 Easy Ways to Add Some SPRING to Your February
Spring fever taking over? Here are five easy ways to help make spring seem a little closer.

5 Fun Cures for Spring Fever
Is the ideas of warm weather making you anxious to get outdoors? Check out some fun ways to enjoy spring, even if you still have snow outside.

Secret Health Benefits of Garlic
Eating garlic every day may not only keep the vampires away; it may actually improve your health.

11 Smart Ways to Make Your Money Last Longer
The cost of living is rising! Here are some of our favorite cost-cutting, penny-pinching tips from past editions of the Farmers’ Almanac:

A Great GREEN Idea Could Get You Some GREEN
Learn more about the Best "Greenified" Business Idea Contest and how you can enter.

Say “I Do” to Green: Earth-Friendly Tips for Your Wedding Day
Move over "white." Green is becoming the color of weddings. Learn how to turn your wedding green.

Hungry? Think Blue!
July is National Blueberry Month. July is the best time to eat more blueberries. They're healthy, patriotic, and tasty!

Easy Ways to Preserve Summer's Bounty
Learn how to enjoy fresh foods all year-long and save money while doing so!

Fair Trade Gives People a Fair Chance
Find out how your shopping habits can help someone in a developing country.

Olympic Traditions: One World, One Dream
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games begin August 8 in Beijing and will carry on centuries of tradition.

Fire Up the Grill

Roast Turkey
The king of all table birds is the turkey. Although it is appearing more often at times other than Thanksgiving and Christmas, the turkey deserves an appearance regularly in the daily diet. Not only is it mighty good eating, it's a valuable source of proteins, vitamin B and iron. And it's low in calories.

Sour Cream

The Idea House
Progressive Farmer's Idea House is "new ruralism" in practice. A farmstead household is married to today's most innovative home design features.

American Almanacs: A Living History DVD and VHS
American Almanacs: A Living History. If you are interested in the science behind predictions and in learning how you too can predict things -- this groundbreaking program is for you! Breathtaking photography, beautiful scenery and rare historical images escort...

Season One
Episode 13
EPISODE THIRTEEN: PAUL BUNYAN & NATIVE-AMERICAN SEED CULTIVATIONVisit the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack museum in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, located on the site of one of the oldest lumberjack camps in the country, a camp that produced enough lumber to circle the...

Season One
Episode 1
EPISODE ONE: COMBINE CRASHES & CHARMING BEESA crashing good time is had by all at the Combine Demolition Derby in Washington State; kids learn about the living creatures in a garden; and Farmers' Almanac TV viewers meet a Savannah bee...

2008 Canadian Farmers' Almanac
2008 Canadian Farmers' Almanac Your source for Smart Living Tips plus Canadian Weather Forecasts, Tips, Recipes, Gardening, Fishing and More!

2008 Farmers' Almanac
The 2008 Farmers' Almanac offers tips, advice, and articles on Smart Living. Learn about what to do if the wild heads indoors, why butter's better, how to have a healthier new year ahead, plus what kind of winter may be...

2008 Downloadable Canadian Farmers' Almanac
Accessing the Canadian Farmers' Almanac has never been quicker and easier. This digital version can be delivered electronically to your computer in just seconds in PDF format for easier viewing. Just be sure Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed on your...

2008 Downloadable Farmers' Almanac
Accessing the Farmers' Almanac has never been quicker and easier. This digital version of the Farmers' Almanac can be delivered electronically to your computer in just seconds in PDF format for easier viewing. Just be sure Adobe Acrobat Reader is...

3-Volume Book Set - kitchen tips, garden hints, country living tips
Save even more by purchasing the 3-volume set for only $19.95. The set makes a fantastic gift for you or a gardener or cook you might know! Pearls of Country Wisdom paper back yields more than 700 pearls of...

Stop The Traffic! Frogs are Crossing!
February 19, 2008 2:46 PM

13 Ways to Improve Your Luck this Friday the 13th
June 9, 2008 1:36 AM

Front Page News
September 11, 2007 5:02 PM

Recycling Envelopes and Greeting Cards
December 28, 2005 12:38 PM

The SECRET is OUT!
August 27, 2007 9:20 AM

Keeping Mosquitoes at Bay
July 14, 2006 11:56 AM

Top Ten Hurricane Tips - What to Do, How to Prepare
September 13, 2005 3:24 PM

The Many Colors of Nature
January 18, 2008 10:14 AM

Sometimes it's what's left behind . . .
February 15, 2008 6:34 PM

Hanging Basket Plant Care Tips
August 2, 2006 8:05 AM

De-Allergizing Your Home: A Room-by-Room Guide
July 31, 2005 8:44 PM

Summer Solstice and the Passing of an Astronomy Legend
June 21, 2007 8:41 AM

Dove Hunting with Grandma
September 5, 2005 8:46 AM

What is a "Blue Moon"?
For more than half a century, whenever two full Moons appeared in a single month (which happens on average every 2 1/2 to 3 years), the second has been christened a "Blue Moon." In our lexicon, we describe an unusual...

In The 'Nac
What's in the 'Nac -- the Farmers' Almanac that is:Always thrifty, always "green," the Farmers' Almanac is the "go-to" source for resourceful living. It's the only source for amazingly accurate 16 months of weather forecasts that help readers plan for...

Garden Girl - Patti Moreno
Patricia Moreno, the Garden Girl, was born in raised in New York City. She grew up in Spanish Harlem on Manhattan and was educated at Nightingale-Bamford School for girls. Her path to Urban Sustainable Living began in the mid 1990's,...

Welcome to the NEW FarmersAlmanac.com
We've been very busy at Farmers' Almanac and Farmers' Almanac TV working on a new site that provides you with a more weather, wisdom, video, recipes, and more! Check out our new enhanced features: One-Stop Weather Site:Our new site is...

Marine Warnings Glossary
If you’re on or near large bodies of water, you should know what the following marine weather warnings mean, and what actions to take to remain safe. But first, a marine primer: What’s the difference between “miles per hour”...

Farmers' Almanac TV Vision
Today, “TV” is a misnomer. Sure, TV is still television, but it also encompasses the Internet and IPTV, TiVo and on-Demand programming, streaming video, digital cable and direct broadcast satellite, cell phone downloads, DVDs, podcasts, and… ...

Hurricane Tips
BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON:•Develop or review a family hurricane safety plan. •Learn safe routes inland. •Find out where official shelters are located. •Ensure that you have enough nonperishable food and water on hand. IF A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN...

Common Press Questions and Answers
What is the Farmers’ Almanac? Founded in 1818, the Farmers’ Almanac is North America’s most timeless, trusted, and treasured source for long-range weather predictions, humor, fun facts, and valuable advice on gardening, cooking, fishing, conservation, and much more. The...

About Farmers' Almanac
Farmers’ Almanac - The Trusted Authority on Smart Living for Almost 200 Years.Time-tested and generation approved, the Farmers’ Almanac is a compendium of knowledge on weather, gardening, cooking, remedies, managing your household, preserving the earth, and more. Anyone can...

Farmers' Almanac Timeline
1818 – The first edition of Farmers’ Almanac is printed by editor David Young, Philom., and publisher Jacob Mann, in Morristown, N.J. 1852 – David Young dies. Astronomer Samuel Hart Wright succeeds him as editor. 1875...

What’s inside the 2008 Farmers’ Almanac? Take a peek…
Farmers’ Almanac Weather Predictions - The Tradition ContinuesWith more weather than another almanac, the 2008 Farmers’ Almanac contains 16 months of weather – starting with September 2007 and going through December 2008. Be the first to know when the snow...