Do People Still Use The Farmer's Almanac?
Aug. 19th, 2020 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jpegghostSo. Getting a HOME home is rapidly becoming a non-option. Due to the housing crash, a lot of rental homes that are owned by independent, mom and pop owners are getting outright bought by realtors and flipped for jacked up prices to rent. Everything in our price range was bad (as in, tiles falling off the houses. Dead geckos all over the floor. FOR 1700 A MONTH.)
That's why I've been quiet on that front. House hunting has all but stopped, and we just begrudgingly accepted apartment living to stack cash. With our budget we were lucky enough to get approved for a very nice apartment by a local park, so I'm looking forward to that. We are visiting today to look at things and measure things, then go to IKEA to get some odds and ends. Maybe I'll even take pictures of this new apartment?!
Now that I can't have a big fantastical garden, I'm thinking of other things to do. Like, small scale. Checking the Farmer's Almanac, it looks like I just missed the Fall planting dates for just about everything except kale. Maybe I will grow some kale until December/January comes, then I can grow everything else. NOTHING BUT KALE TO EAT FOR DAYS.
I still have the ~Homemaker's Chat~ saved from the old USDA files. Maybe I'll ... shit idk pickle some of that kale?! WHAT DO PEOPLE DO WITH KALE????
That's why I've been quiet on that front. House hunting has all but stopped, and we just begrudgingly accepted apartment living to stack cash. With our budget we were lucky enough to get approved for a very nice apartment by a local park, so I'm looking forward to that. We are visiting today to look at things and measure things, then go to IKEA to get some odds and ends. Maybe I'll even take pictures of this new apartment?!
Now that I can't have a big fantastical garden, I'm thinking of other things to do. Like, small scale. Checking the Farmer's Almanac, it looks like I just missed the Fall planting dates for just about everything except kale. Maybe I will grow some kale until December/January comes, then I can grow everything else. NOTHING BUT KALE TO EAT FOR DAYS.
I still have the ~Homemaker's Chat~ saved from the old USDA files. Maybe I'll ... shit idk pickle some of that kale?! WHAT DO PEOPLE DO WITH KALE????
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Date: 2020-08-19 11:16 pm (UTC)I'm sorry the house hunting went boom. That sucks.
I don't know much about the Farmer's Almanac, but I know loads of people who use the Witch's Almanac. It's got planting and grown times as well. So I'd say there are lots of people using the Famer's Almanac. Maybe you could go to your local Famer's Market, ask them about the kale.
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Date: 2020-08-22 02:03 am (UTC)What's the Witch's Almanac? I've never heard of that!
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Date: 2020-08-22 05:29 pm (UTC)Llewellyn's 2021 Sabbats Almanac: Samhain 2020 to Mabon 2021 This one has information on holidays and things to do for them. I think I'm gonna buy this one instead of the other one this year, I haven't read this kind yet.
The Witches' Almanac, which is based on the Farmer's Almanac with planting times according to the moon and other pagan type information. Haven't read this one either, but I've heard good things about it.
Then there is Llewellyn's Magical Almanac, which I have several copies off. It has information on the elements, mediation, charms, spells, that sort of thing.
Then there's this one. You would like it I think. Llewellyn's 2021 Herbal Almanac: A Practical Guide to Growing, Cooking & Crafting. It's got all sorts of information on gardening, cooking and the like.
Amazon probably has other sorts of information too, other types of almanacs. You should look and see what you can find that fits you.