The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013

by Old Farmer's Almanac

America’s best-selling annual publication is also the most beloved. A reference book that reads like a magazine, the Almanac contains “everything under the Sun, including the Moon”—facts, feature articles, and advice that are “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor.”The 2013 edition, which marks the publication’s 221st anniversary, will feature
• weather predictions for every day and climatic trends for each season, plus hints of how a low sunspot cycle could influence conditions in the coming years
• the most accurate astronomical data in the solar system, with best-viewing recommendations for every month
• safe and easy home remedies for each season’s most common—and uncomfortable—aches and ailments
• fail-safe gardening tips to ensure a hefty harvest, ideas for using vegetable plants as ornamentals, plus gardening by the Moon
• delicious recipes for homebaked cakes, cookies, and pies; plus readers’ best bacon dishes
• amusing and enlightening articles on raising children, kisses, and why pets bite (and how to stop them)
and much, much more!Added value this
• 80 full-color pages
• full-color national weather maps of winter and summer forecasts

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

America's best-selling annual publication, with facts, feature articles, and advice that are "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor."

Reviews

[Steven Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Each year, I await the publication of the volume with such anticipation! This year is no different.

This is a quirky work. There all sort of subjects covered, such as astrology, astronomy, food, "amusement," calendar, and so on.

But what is always special is the weather forecast. I am in Region 3. In November, temperatures are predicted as below average as is precipitation. December? Below average in temperature and precipitation. January? A snowstorm is predicted between the 6th and 15th.

Oddities. An article about the number of penalties in hockey; overweight pets; frosts and growing seasons.

[Cindy]

This book has interesting articles. It is also a great reference book if you are interested in gardening and astronomy.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good rule of thumb.