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The 2021 Planting Dates!
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The 2021 gardening calendar details your first spring planting dates and final fall planting dates for the U.S. and Canada.
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Wow! Our 2021 Garden Planner Will Transform Your Garden!
We’ve been working hard behind the scenes and it’s finally here: our improved 2021 Garden Planner!...
Best Flowers for a Romantic Garden
Create a romantic garden this year! Like love itself, a romantic garden benefits from harmonious...
Gardening by the Moon
Gardening by the Moon is a great way to plan your garden. Many of our readers follow the age-old...
Spinach
Spinach, a super–cold-hardy leafy green, is a popular crop that can be planted in very early spring...
Gardening in Miniature
Soon I’ll be up to my elbows in dirt outdoors, cleaning up beds, spreading mulch and planting the...
Winter Pruning Guide for Trees and Shrubs
Late winter or early spring is the best time time to prune most shrubs and trees—but not all! See...
Container Gardening with Vegetables
Container gardening is an easy way to grow vegetables, especially when you lack yard space! If you...
How to Make Your Own Potting Soil
Here’s how make your own potting soil for your containers and pots! Using the right potting soil is...
How to Make a Row Cover Tunnel
We’ll show you how to make a simple hooped or low tunnel to protect your plants, extend your...
3 Garden Planning Mistakes to Avoid
Ready to start garden planning? Here’s a timely video with three normal mistakes gardeners make...
Silverfish
Half-eaten pages in your books? Chewed-through boxes in your pantry? These are signs of a...
2020 Garden Guide
The 2020 Garden Guide, from the editors of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, is colorful comprehensive, and...
Foxglove
Foxglove is a stunning flower with tubular blossoms that have speckled throats. The plant creates a...
Lupines
Lupines, with their colorful spikes, are some of the most popular garden perennials of them!...
10 Tips for Selecting Plant Seeds
Winter has barely begun, but if you haven’t started planning next summer’s garden, now is a good...
How to Build a Raised Garden Bed
Raised garden beds are fairly easy to construct, even easier to maintain, and offer myriad benefits...
How to Apply Fertilizers to Your Garden
We apply fertilizer to make our plants grow better. But when do we apply fertilizer? And how do we...
The Beauty and Benefits of Snow in the Garden
Whatever you may think of snow (and snow removal!), remember the old saying, “A good winter with...
Ordering Garden Seeds
Here at the Almanac, we love to cozy up with some good garden seed catalogs, especially in the...
Christmas Cactus, Thanksgiving Cactus and Easter Cactus
Is your Christmas Cactus blooming in November? You probably have a Thanksgiving Cactus! Yes, there...
Coexisting With Winter Deer and Wildlife
When there is snow on the ground, it is easy to see who has been visiting the garden when we are...
The Amazing Ways That Plants Disperse Seeds
In autumn, ever noticed all the seeds scattering? Plants are launching their offspring into the...
How to Grow Ginger Indoors
Cold and flu season is coming up and, if you find yourself under the weather, a steaming hot cup of...
Cyclamens: A Christmas Houseplant
Cyclamens (Cyclamen persicum) are attractive, easy-care houseplants that will bloom continuously...
Mice
Mice can be quite frustrating when they munch on your plants and on your pantry snacks. Here’s how...
The Thanksgiving Meal Is Packed With Vitamins
When you think of Thanksgiving, what foods come to mind? Turkey? Sweet potatoes? Cranberries?...
Spider Plants
Spider plants produce a rosette of long, thin, arched foliage that is solid green or variegated...
How to Grow a Bonsai Tree
A few years ago I was given a beautiful bonsai container and decided to try my hand at growing a...
Best and Worst Thanksgiving Foods for Cats
This Thanksgiving, as you’re preparing the family feast, don’t forget about your favorite feline...
Best Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes
Thanksgiving side dishes make the meal! We have some delicious options—from the historically-...
Sweet Potato Facts and Health Benefits
Twenty years ago, our Almanac declared sweet potatoes to be the “healthiest vegetable of them all...
Sage
Garden sage is easy to grow—and a wonderful culinary herb that flavors meat and bean dishes (...
Cauliflower
Cauliflower is a sun-loving, cool-season crop to grow in spring and fall. It can be a temperamental...
7 Favorite Egg Recipes
Eating eggs is an inexpensive way to get more protein, vitamins, and minerals into your diet. Eggs...
Chrysanthemums
Chrysanthemums or “mums” are associated with autumn, appearing in jewel colors in garden centers in...
Seasonal Crafts: Apple Heads
The art of making apple heads is both easy and fun. Follow these easy instructions for a creative...
Brussels Sprouts
Brussels sprouts are a member of the cabbage family, and an excellent source of protein and...
How to Use Wood Ashes in the Home and Garden
If you burn firewood, you have wood ashes. Don’t throw them out! There are many surprising ways to...
Crop Rotation Tips for Vegetable Gardens
If you grow your tomatoes in the same garden bed year after year, you will notice an increase in...
How to Get Rid of Pantry Moths and Worms
You open a bag of whole wheat flour, a box of cereal, or a bag of dog food only to find little...
Growing Asian Greens: Fast and Easy!
Cool-season Asian greens are best planted in the last weeks of summer to grow on into autumn and...
Ski and Snow Forecast 2020 From The Old Farmer’s Almanac
The Ski and Snow Forecast for winter 2019–2020 is out from The Old Farmer’s Almanac! Sharpen your...
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