2021 Small Changes Calendar Gift Catalog

ALL-NEW FOR 2021! America’s oldest continuously published periodical: 229th edition! Beloved by generations for being “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor,” The Old Farmer’s Almanac features everything under the Sun, including its much-in-demand long-range weather predictions, essential astronomical timetables, 2021 holidays, fascinating trends, best fishing days, valuable gardening information, tantalizing recipes, fun folklore, amusements, contests, and much more! ISBN-13: 978-1-57198-848-5 Price: $8.95 5 3 ⁄ 8 " × 8" • Style: Book THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC MOON CALENDAR OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC PRODUCTS FROM HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT THE 2021 OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC NEW PRODUCTS FOR 2021! FACTS, LORE, AND MORE! This exciting calendar features beautiful scenes of the Moon in the landscape, accompanied by quotes, lore, and fascinating facts about Earth’s natural satellite. ISBN-13: 978-1-57198-856-0 Price: $10.99 10 7 ⁄ 8 " × 10 7 ⁄ 8 " • Style: Wall THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC GARDENING CALENDAR OUR BEST-SELLING CALENDAR! Featuring timely gardening advice, entertaining lore, and original full-color illustrations, plus the best days for planting vegetables by the Moon. ISBN-13: 978-1-57198-855-3 Price: $9.99 10 7 ⁄ 8 " × 8 3 ⁄ 8 " Style: Wall 4 NewMoon Ifash trees leaf outbeforeoaks, expectawetsummer. d 12 Mother’sDay Insearchofmymother’sgarden, I foundmyown. –AliceWalker,Americanwriter (b.1944) d 18 ArmedForcesDay FullFlowerMoon Theperennialwildmorning glory,orhedgebindweed (Calystegiasepium), isan invasiveplant in the same familyas theannual morningglories ( Ipomoea spp.)sown ingardens. d 20 VictoriaDay (Canada) Northerngardeners looking forahardy, fragrant rosebushcanselectone from the CanadianExplorerseries. d 22 NationalMaritimeDay Helppeach treescope with leafcurlbyapplyinghigh- nitrogen fertilizer,providingplenty ofwater,and thinning fruit. d 27 MemorialDay,observed Gardening ishow Irelax. It’sanother formofcreatingand playingwithcolors. –Oscarde laRenta,Dominican fashiondesigner (1932–2014) d AGARDENTODYEFOR The flowers, fruit, leaves, bark, and roots ofmany plants are great sources of natural dyes. Most plantsneedonly tobechoppedand simmered tomakeadye,althougha color fixative, ormordant, is often required to bind it to fabric.When creating a dye garden, plan for a variety of dye colors.For a reddish orangetoyellowdye,trythe flowers of dyer’s coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria), or calliopsis. This plant grows easily in full sun and well- drainedsoiland toleratesdrought. Fora light- todark-blue transient dye, use the petals of cornflower (Centaureacyanus). Thiscool-weather annual grows in full sun andwell- drainedsoilkeptmoderatelymoist. THE FIFTH MONTH MAY HATH 31 DAYS 2021 The 2021 Old Farmer’s Almanac Gardening Calendar Get gardening know-how at Almanac.com/Gardening. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MAY 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 13141516171819 20212223242526 27282930 JUNE • 2021 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 11121314151617 18192021222324 252627282930 APRIL •2021 MayDay NationalMaritimeDay Cinco deMayo W FirstQuarter Y LastQuarter I FullFlowerMoon U NewMoon TrumanDay (Mo.) Mother’sDay ArmedForcesDay VictoriaDay (Canada) MemorialDay, observed Whitsunday–Pentecost Gardening 2021 THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC 2021 229 NO. ALSO FEATURING ASTRONOMICAL TABLES, TIDES, HOLIDAYS, ECLIPSES, ETC. 1792 FOUNDEDIN “NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER” • ALMANAC.COM R O B E R T B . T H O M A S SUN,MOON,STARS, AND PLANETS B E N J A M I N F R A N K L I N WEATHER FORECASTS FOR 18 REGIONS OF THEUNITED STATES THEORIGINAL FARMER’SALMANAC “USEFUL,WITH A PLEASANT DEGREE OF HUMOR” R O B E R T B . T H O M A S ADVICE, FOLKLORE, AND GARDENING SECRETS SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY FULLBUCKMOON This fullMoonwasnamed for bucks (maledeer),whoseantlersare in fullgrowthmodeat this time. The2021OldFarmer’sAlmanacMoonCalendar Visit Almanac.com formore funMoon factsand lore. LUNAR FUN Beginning in1775,TheLunarSociety ofBirmingham,England,met each Mondaynearest the fullMoon. Its members included inventor JamesWatt, industrialistMatthewBoultons,and astronomerWilliamHerschel,aswellas physicianErasmusDarwinand tableware manufacturer JosiahWedgwood—both ofCharlesDarwin’sgrandfathers. L MOONTALK There iswateron theMoon,but it is in the formof ice.Observations from theLunar ReconnaissanceOrbiter indicate thatwater ismost abundanton slopes facing the lunar southpole. However, thequantityofwater is extremely small; theMoon isasaridas thedriestdesertson Earth.Other studieshave suggested that there might beabundantwater inside theMoon,an idea thatwhets scientific curiosity. L BESTDAYS Go fishing:9–23 Gocamping:20,21 Entertain:11,12 Begindietto loseweight:5,27,31 Cuthairtodiscouragegrowth:3–5 Cuthairtoencouragegrowth: 15–17 SeemoreBestDays at thebackof this calendar. L Photo:AgeFotostock/MediaBakery 1 2 3 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Y LastQuarter I FullBuckMoon Y LastQuarter U NewMoon W FirstQuarter July 2021 SMTWT F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 1314 1516171819 2021 2223242526 2728 293031 AUGUST2021 SMTWT F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 13141516171819 20212223242526 27282930 JUNE 2021 CanadaDay Orangemen’sDay, observed (N.L.) NunavutDay (Canada) IndependenceDay NationalDay of theCowboy PioneerDay (Utah) AMAZING LUNAR LORE, FACTS, AND PHOTOS 2021 229 NO. ALSO FEATURING ASTRONOMICAL TABLES, TIDES, HOLIDAYS, ECLIPSES, ETC. 1792 FOUNDEDIN “NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER” • ALMANAC.COM R O B E R T B . T H O M A S SUN,MOON,STARS, AND PLANETS B E N J A M I N F R A N K L I N WEATHER FORECASTS FOR 18 REGIONS OF THEUNITED STATES THEORIGINAL FARMER’SALMANAC “USEFUL,WITH A PLEASANT DEGREE OF HUMOR” R O B E R T B . T H O M A S MOON THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC 2021 THE 2021 OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC 24 ALMANAC COUNTER DISPLAY The iconic Old Farmer’s Almanac once again delights readers with its wit, wisdom, tips, advice, and more—all in its trademark style of being “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor.” ISBN-13: 978-1-57198-849-2 Free with 24-piece order h 5 1 ⁄ 2 " , w 11 1 ⁄ 2 " , d 7 1 ⁄ 2 " • Style: Display CALENDAR CATALOG 115