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Ouchless Tips for Hammering Nails
Basic tips to be memorized. Easy tips for bruise-free hammering.

How to Keep Pests out of your Garden, Naturally.
Learn how to naturally discourage deer, slugs, moles, and other pests from visiting your garden.

Getting Rid of Slugs and Snails
Are slugs and snails attacking your gardens? Rid your garden of these pests naturally and easily with some tips from the Farmers' Almanac.

Can the Moon be Wet or Dry?
How can the moon be "wet or dry?" Learn more here.

Create a Winter Birdhouse
Create a rustic bird house with found items from your home and garden.


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:

Will it rain for 40 days?
July 15 is St. Swithin's Day. Learn about the lore that suggests if it rains on this day, it will continue for 40 more.

Weather Instruments You May Want to Own
Weather Tools and What They Do Everything you need to predict the weather, right from the comfort of your own home!

Think times have changed? Check this out.
Children complaining about strict rules? Check out these strict guidelines from the 1960s!

Healthy Hints for the New Year
Easy to follow tips for a healthier you.

Top Ten Outdoor Activities for Fall
Ten great reasons to get outside this fall.

What are Latkes?
Here is an old-fashioned dish that is associated with Hanukkah. It is also easy to prepare.

Snowed In? Check out these record snowfalls.
This week's marks a record in snow history Can you imagine receiving almost 200 inches of snow from one storm? It happened.

Got a Headache? Try this herbal relief.
Check out this natural cure for common headaches.

The Stories Behind Food Names
What did gambling have to do with sandwiches?

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

A Beginner’s Guide to the Stars
Star gazing is fun. Here's a quick guide to help you figure out which star is which.

What the Hail?
Learn more about thunderstorms and hail. Inside a thunderstorm, there are many crazy things - updrafts, winds, ice. Find out more about hail and thunderstorms.

Armstrong and Aldrin: The Eagle Has Landed
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Read first-hand accounts of this famous trip to the moon.

Key Health Benefits of Stretching to Increase Flexibility
Stretching can improve oxygen flow, relax your muscles and improve your posture!

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

Extreme Weather Stories
Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Thunderstorms Did hail wreck your car? Wonder why hurricanes form? Do you live in an area prone to twisters? Check out this informative and interesting story about extreme weather conditions.

Products

Farmers' Almanac Weather Stick
Straight from the Maine woods, this balsam fir weather forecaster really works! Hang it from an outside wall or a door casing and watch it bend down to predict foul weather, up to predict good weather! Approx 15"LAvailability: Usually ships...

Blog

Frugality
April 8, 2008 10:50 AM

My Day in the Limelight
August 28, 2007 10:09 AM


Get Organized on a Budget
October 2, 2005 10:22 PM

Making Friends
June 10, 2009 10:08 AM


Biodeisel Fuel
July 11, 2008 10:39 AM



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

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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...

Inside the 2010 Farmers' Almanac
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