We're flushed with excited to share! We've dedicated May 6th to America's favorite bathroom read—find out how to celebrate this special day!

While the Farmers’ Almanac is known for its weather forecasts and gardening tips, we also launch human interest crusades. These crusades or “campaigns,” as we call them, are chosen in an effort to address everyday (non-political) things that maybe have fallen victim to the “it’s always been done that way” mindset. They’re usually something we can all relate

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Good luck to all the entrants! Lucky winners will get their recipes published in the 2025 Farmers’ Almanac and on FarmersAlmanac.com.   Cash Prizes for the top three winning recipes -$250, $200, and $150 Previous Contest Winners 2023 Winning Blueberry Recipes 2022 Honey Recipes 2021 Sweet Potato Recipes 2020 Banana Recipes 2019 Quinoa Recipes 2018 Garlic Recipes 2017

Managing editor Sandi Duncan imagines traveling back in time to meet our founding editor, David Young. Here's what she'd ask him.

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

When is the average last spring frost and first fall frost? We have dates for both, listed state by state.

Here at the Farmers’ Almanac, we do amazing things. We predict the weather for up to a year in advance. We alert people to when there will be an amazing alignment of planets, a meteor shower, full Moon, or eclipse.  We tell people how to grow their own food, when to drop a fishing line in the water, share

For three decades, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has been exploring the people, places, and events that comprise the fabric of America. Whether a bridge over the East River in New York, a five-year war between the states, or the transformative writer of the 19th Century, the driving force at the heart of all of his