The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
About this book
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