There seems to be some confusion, and rightly so.
This is “Farmer’s Almanac” which, yeah, started in 1818 and is 207 years old.
But “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” started in 1792 and is generally ‘the one’ you think of when you hear ‘Farmer’s Almanac’. That one is still running:
https://www.almanac.com/about-us
Interesting history here:
https://www.almanac.com/history-old-farmers-almanac
Edit Used to sell both and man people would get PISSED if they asked for “the farmers almanac” and you grabbed the wrong one!
That’s a bit sad … I used to pick up a copy every second year whenever I remembered it. It was always one of those things that was just always there and something that you thought would be around forever … at least during your own lifetime.
I remember my old neighbours talking about it, referencing it and reading it. I remember old farmers swearing by it. I remember old time hunters and trappers using it as a guide for weather … whether it worked for anyone or not, it was a mainstay that a lot of old time folks enjoyed.
It feels like the passing of another thing from our past.
My grandparents on both sides of my family were farmers, so I grew up reading it. Every now and then I would buy or gift a copy to someone. I have even referenced it for weather while planning vacations in the past.
So yeah, i am sad to see it go as well.
It also never seemed to matter if the predictions worked, were accurate or even came to be … it was just another farmer thing … a farmer thing to talk about it. Everyone I knew who read it or referenced it, either swore by it or said it was no good … and those same people would turn around and say the opposite the next time.
The best part of it all was just that it was there and always there.
I often looked at their planting tables and long term forecasts, but I’ve never seen any retrospective analysis of their accuracy.
I was on the website a few weeks ago considering whether to do an outdoor kids bday party. It’s silly and barely a part of my decades on earth but these bits of institutions and normalcy chipping away is sad. I also thought that the other day that this is always in flux and nothing is forever so enjoy and move on. 🤷 Life
fuck when do I plant my turnips?
On the ides of the month of the first blue moon after the vernal equinox, obviously
I had to check the acurssed interwebs to find out that you are refering to 2026-05-15 or 2026-05-16
But of our party had a druid (Or an annual publication written by and for druids), then they would have just been able to tell us.
/c/theydidthemath
June 13, 2026? That’s rather specific. Turnips are pretty frost tolerant so you could plant them much sooner or later if you wanted.
But something else is going to happen? I’m sure they’ve been losing money for years, so I’m guessing they’ve sold the brand. Rip.
I’m suprised they haven’t used it as a basis for new NOAA regulations under Trump. Maybe it’s too scientific?
Does anyone read the almanac? Just curious if there’s still anything worth reading in there anymore.
It used to have instructions for hypnotizing chickens.
I liked it for entertainment. It was always there in the outhouse.
Oh no, now where are people going to get their season horoscopes?
Ah yes, where I always go to find out what the opposite of my weather will be.
I mean, it’s only wrong 50% of the time.
With the cuts to NOAA I’ll take it.
