The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021

by Old Farmer's Almanac

Happy New Almanac Year! It’s time to celebrate the 229th edition of The Old Farmer’s Almanac! Long recognized as North America’s most-beloved and best-selling annual, the handy yellow book fulfills every need and expectation as a calendar of the heavens, a time capsule of the year, an essential reference that reads like a magazine. Always timely, topical, and distinctively “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor,” the Almanac is consulted daily by users from all walks of life, throughout the year.   The 2021 edition contains the fun facts, predictions, and feature items that have made it a cultural traditionally 80 percent–accurate weather forecasts; notable astronomical events and time-honored astrological dates; horticultural, culinary, fashion, and other trends; historical hallmarks; best fishing days; time- and money-saving garden advice; recipes for refreshment; facts on folklore, farmers, home remedies, and husbandry; amusements and contests, plus too much more to mention—all in the inimitable way that the Almanac has done since 1792.   • Beloved by generations for being “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor,” The Old Farmer’s Almanac features everything under the Sun, including its much-in-demand long-range weather predictions, essential astronomical timetables, 2021 holidays, fascinating trends, best fishing days, valuable gardening information, tantalizing recipes, fun folklore, amusements, contests, and much more! • 32 reference pages, covering such popular topics as full Moon names, hurricane names, flowers that attract birds and butterflies, U.S./metric measurement conversions, and many more! • Includes 112 full-color pages  

Genres: Reference, Gardening, Nonfiction

420 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2020

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

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I get one of these every few years. Is the information and predictions accurate... who knows? Still fun to look at and peruse in the winter months

[John Isles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I buy the Old Farmer's Almanac every year mainly for its astronomical information, which includes some data not included in other sources such as the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's "Observer's Handbook", or the Handbook of the British Astronomical Association. Here are some of the details given in this year's OFA: the year's eclipses of Sun and Moon (though despite the heading there's no transit of Mercury in 2021); transit, rise, and set times of bright stars (correct for Boston, but adding 54 minutes gives the correct time for my own location: a table of time corrections allows the reader to make similar adjustments to rise and set times throughout the USA and Canada); duration of astronomical twilight; principal meteor showers; visibility of the naked-eye planets with their rise and set times; in the calendar pages, daily rise and set times for Sun and Moon, lunar phases, oppositions and conjunctions of the planets; and the guest article is an astronomy quiz. There are always some other items of interest to people who spend time outdoors, including nature and meteorological articles, though the weather forecasts are no more reliable than the astrological predictions.

[Baroness · Rating 3 out of 5]

Relaxing and informative read.

[Wendy H. Stevens · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Old Farmer's Almanac is always a very fun read. Lots of tidbits and tales to entertain the reader and plenty of other fun predictions such as the weather patterns, when to plant a garden and how long one can keep meats and produce in a freezer before it reaches an "expiration" date. Also the contests are really entertaining and for some new writers out there, this is an opportunity to get published! I would say, why not?
Each year things are different but at the same time remain the same. Folksy remedies, astrological predictions, and household hints abount.
Get a copy for some leisurely reading and enjoy!

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rather late for this year, I have read this year’s edition of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, and as always I loved reading it.

This annual publication does much more than tell one what the weather might be for the year (not just for Boston, Massachusetts, but for the rest pf the country as well). The Almanac also tell how to set plants by the moon, gives wind chill tables and a table on how thick winter ice needs to be, lists best plants to attract butterflies or hummingbirds, gives substitutions for common cooking ingredients, and a wealth of other information. And while one can find out moon phases, eclipses, and meteor showers online, it is good to have a physical reference book handy in case one falls off of the grid. I love my Almanac, and am confident that it will be around for many years to come.

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, no kidding! I read the Old Farmers Almanac cover to cover and great fun it was! Now I know the importance of Syzygy, can predict with accuracy the weather of Kookomonga, Cali, determine the gestation period of a goat and estimate the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow!

[Timothy Ramsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource and always full of fun information.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

I swear, it is tradition to read these for me to see how accurate they are. I also do it for the recipes and any notes about the months.

[Robert Lewter · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's an almanac

[Nikki Rich · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun book with lots of helpful information, especially astronomical. I will be referring to it as the year progresses for stargazing purposes.

[Myra Simmons · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazes me how so much predicted info is placed in this one book. Did not predict snowmageddon or the rainy June and July. Always entertaining!

[Rhonda Stephens · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never get tired of these. I have been reading them since the first one I picked up in my grandmother's basement when I was a little girl- sort of a family tradition.

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

can't beat this one in the form, function, content, & context interaction category

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