Packed with information for your next trip around the Sun, North America’s most beloved and best-selling annual, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, is out now with its all-new annual edition number 234, for the year 2026. The continent’s oldest continuously published periodical is a calendar of the heavens, a time capsule of the year, and an essential reference. Users from all walks of life seek out, save, and often share its time-honored wisdom for home and garden. “Old,” yet not old-fashioned, the Almanac is packed with entertaining and informative articles on gardening, weather, astronomy, nature, cooking, folklore, home remedies, history, and more, each fulfilling the founder’s enduring mission to be “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor.”
The Old Farmer’s Almanac has been making every day “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor” since 1792, and, with the 2026 edition, it continues this tradition in its inimitable fashion. Trusted by generations from all walks of life for its honesty and accuracy, the Almanac delivers fun facts, predictions, feature articles, and advice across many interest areas to readers who live—or aspire to live—close to the earth, with the intent of helping them to make informed decisions based on time-honored wisdom. As a calendar of the heavens, it provides detailed daily astronomical data (Sun/Moon rise/set times, length of day), tide times, and planet/star sightings for every sky watcher, from novice to expert. As a calendar of the year, it presents annual and seasonal events, holidays, anniversaries, and timely trivia, as well as astrological “Best Days” and cycles. As a time capsule of the year, it contains cultural trends; weather forecasts and conditions; articles on interesting topics such as gardening, home arts and remedies, amusements and contests, history, husbandry, nature, cooking and recipes, folklore, pets, and sports; and much more for the curious and the clever.
Long recognized as North America’s most beloved and best-selling annual, this versatile “little yellow book” is often imitated yet never equaled. It’s an American icon that instills in readers a feeling of connection to the history of North America and its people.
This paperback classic edition of the 2026 Almanac is distinguished by the hole in the upper left corner so that it can be conveniently hung on a hook or nail in the kitchen, greenhouse, barn—or wherever this indispensable guide to living well every day will be handiest!
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Founded in 1792, The Old Farmer’s Almanac has been providing guidance on growing a bountiful garden, timekeeping, running a happy and healthy home, and enjoying the wonders of Earth and sky for more than two centuries! America’s best-selling and longest continuously published periodical features articles, information, and advice that’s always “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor”—all at readers’ fingertips. The Almanac also produces a best-selling book series on gardening, cookbooks, an annual Garden Guide, the Garden Planner (an interactive online resource for planning and recording garden activities), the Garden Journal (for recording thoughts and observations), a collection of calendars (including the best-selling Gardening Calendar), a biannual Almanac for Kids, and EXTRA! (a monthly e-magazine). The Old Farmer’s Almanac reaches millions through its powerful presence on Almanac.com and the Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest social media platforms.
