America's best-selling and oldest annual publication is also the most beloved: Its name makes people smile and its contents tickle funny bones. A reference book that reads like a magazine, the Almanac is packed with facts, features, and fun that make every day special.
Find YOUR region's long-range weather prediction in the new 2013 Almanac—traditionally, 80% accurate!
The 2013 Old Farmer's Almanac, which marks the publication's 221st anniversary, also features:
- the most accurate astronomical data under the sun, with the best-viewing recommendations for every month
- gardening advice for growing vegetables and flowers, not to mention worthwhile weeds
- predictions of emerging consumer fads, fashions, and farsighted ideas
- amusing and enlightening articles on topics such as: baking with award-winning baker Ken Haedrich; 56 kitchen tricks, tips, and timesaving ideas; 25 secrets to a hefty harvest; solar activity; epochal occasions; home health remedies; Mother Nature’s janitor; kissing; the perils of parenting; the American farmer; portly pets; hockey penalties; and the Battle of Gettysburg
- the best days to fish, plant, wean, set eggs, and much more
- plus quirky facts, recipes, timeless adages, advice, pithy quotes, profound proverbs, contests, anecdotes, pleasantries, ideas, hints, and charts that provide simple solutions and shortcuts for everyday challenges and much, much more!
Although the Classic Edition of The Old Farmer's Almanac, is offered in four regional editions for quick reference, every edition of the Almanac contains instructions and tables in the section titled “How to Use This Almanac” that allow readers to calculate exact events (sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, moon's place and age, as well as tides and other data) for virtually any location in the United States. In other words, someone in Boston could still use the Western Edition to calculate their exact event times.
If calculating exact event times sounds like something you don't want to do, try our My Local Almanac digital product that does the calculations for you.
Paperback: 256 Pages (80 full-color pages)
No Beanie Babies Here: The 2013 Old Farmer's Almanac Gives Tips on Hot Collectibles
by GingerVaughan
Are you a collector? If so, you’d do well to follow the advice of The 2013 Old Farmer’s Almanac, which offers tips on what items to buy, sell, and make a point of finding.
Sell NOW!
Baby boomers are clamoring for artwork from children’s books. Posters from early horror and sci-fi movies are also fetching a pretty penny.
For example, according to ArtDaily.com, in 2010, a superbly kept 1935 Werewolf in London half sheet movie poster was sold for $47,800. During that same auction, a bidder paid over $38,000 for an oversize poster used in Austrian promotions for the 1933 film King Kong.
BUY! BUY! BUY!
If you happen to stumble upon a classic comic book printed during the 1930s or ’40s, be sure to pick it up . . . especially if it’s in like-new condition.
Easier to find: today’s toys. Make a point to buy some of the hot items from your local toy store and put them aside. You’ll have to keep them around for a few years (in the original packaging, if possible!), but as today’s kids near 40, nostalgia will drive prices up!
If you’re into items that are a bit more, shall we say, eccentric, The 2013 Old Farmer’s Almanac suggests collecting rare fungi and homegrown liquors!
The Next BIG Things
Of course, the best way to make money collecting is by correctly predicting what will sell well in the coming months or years. According to the Almanac, historical significance will drive collectors over the next decade or so. Items you should look to snatch up include:
- Letters or diaries of people who survived a historic event, such as the Civil War.
- Late 19th-century handmade, painted American wooden or metal trade signs.
- Tobacco-related items, such as ashtrays, advertising, and vintage matchbook covers.
While nothing is a sure thing in the world of collectibles, appraiser Noel Barrett from Carversville, Pennsylvania, says, “You have a chance of making a profit. Even if not [profitable], they are a lot more attractive to look at than stock certificates or bank statements from your IRA.”
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Submitted by Almanac Staff
Yes, go with the National Edition.
Submitted by jking
wish the almanac came in large print. Most of the people who use it are from the older generation.
Submitted by Almanac Staff
Our Hardcover Edition at $15.95 has slightly larger pages and print than our paperback edition. Plus it's printed on heavy paper stock that provides sharp black/white contrast.
Yes the Almanac is read by older folks as it was by their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents -- but the Almanac is also being read and used daily in force by the younger generations!
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I have enjoyed the almanac for 55 of my 60 years on god's great earth. the one thing in my life that stays constant. Thank you.
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I wouldn't know what to do without the Almanac it's been used by my family forever..for weather, planting, recipes etc. we love it!
Submitted by Janice Stark
The Old Farmer's Almanac has been a part of my life since I was a little girl. I'm 59 now. My grandmother would buy me an almanac each year. I loved reading the articles and weather forecasts. I have continued the tradition by buying copies for all my children ... I'm sure they will care on the tradition as well. Thank you for an awesome product and many memories.
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I been using the old almanac every since I was a kid my dad would sware by it and now we use it for garding and fishing love it This is one I can trust for weather and gardening thanks
Submitted by WeatherWise
I have a collection of Farmers Almanacs since 1976 on my bookshelf. Now I have them on Kindle as well! I'm a weather buff so love the astronomy info and weather articles. Farmers Almanac is a part of life for me!
Submitted by Jacq Attacq
I live in Hawaii which edition is best for me? National? Southern?
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