Small Changes 2023 Calendar Catalog

CALENDAR CATALOG 117 ALL-NEW FOR 2023! America’s oldest continuously published periodical: 230th 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, 2023 holidays, fascinating trends, best fishing days, valuable gardening information, tantalizing recipes, fun folklore, amusements, contests, and much more! ISBN-13: 978-1-57198-921-5 Price: $8.95 5 3 ⁄ 8 " × 8" • Style: Book THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC MOON CALENDAR OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC PRODUCTS FROM HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS THE 2023 OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC 2023 2023 231 NO. ALSO FEATURING ASTRONOMICAL TABLES, TIDES, HOLIDAYS, ECLIPSES, ETC. 1792 FOUNDEDIN A L M A N A C S P R I N G S U M M E R A U T U M N W I N T E R F A R M E R ' S “NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER” • ALMANAC.COM R O B E R T B . T H O M A S THE OLD 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 THE ORIGINAL FARMER’S ALMANAC “USEFUL,WITH A PLEASANT DEGREE OF HUMOR” R O B E R T B . T H O M A S NEW PRODUCTS FOR 2023! 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: 978-1-57198-930-7 Price: $11.99 10 7 ⁄ 8 " × 10 7 ⁄ 8 " • Style: Wall THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC GARDENING CALENDAR OUR BEST-SELLING CALENDAR FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS! Featuring timely gardening advice, entertaining lore, and original full-color illustrations, plus the best days for planting vegetables by the Moon. ISBN-13: 978-1-57198-929-1 Price: $9.99 10 7 ⁄ 8 " × 8 3 ⁄ 8 " Style: Wall 2023 THE 2023 OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC GARDENING CALENDAR GET GARDENING KNOW-HOW AT ALMANAC.COM/GARDENING. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY AUGUST 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 W FirstQuarter Y LastQuarter I Full SturgeonMoon U NewMoon SMTWTF S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10111213141516 17181920212223 24252627282930 SEPTEMBER•2023 SMTWTF S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112131415 16171819202122 23242526272829 3031 JULY•2023 I BlueMoon ColoradoDay CivicHoliday (Canada) BenningtonBattleDay (Vt.) NationalAviationDay DiscoveryDay (Y.T.) Women’sEqualityDay 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ChildHealthDay ColumbusDay, observed IndigenousPeoples’Day LeifErikssonDay ThanksgivingDay (Canada) NationalFarmer’sDay UnitedNationsDay SMTWTFS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10111213141516 17181920212223 24252627282930 SEPTEMBER 2023 SMTWTFS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011 12 131415161718 19 202122232425 26 27282930 NOVEMBER2023 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 2023 The2023OldFarmer’sAlmanacMoonCalendar Orderyour2024calendarsat Almanac.com/Shop. AlaskaDay NevadaDay PartialLunarEclipse (visible in parts ofN.Am.) Halloween FirstQuarter LastQuarter NewMoon FullHunter’sMoon Annular SolarEclipse (visible in parts ofN.Am.) A fullMoon risesaboveaRussian forest. Photo:Maestrovideo/Getty Images LUNAR FUN According toa legendof theBatammaliba peopleofWestAfrica, the inhabitants ofonevillagewerealwaysquarreling. Unable toconvince them tostop, the village’s twomatriarchsdarkened theSunandMoon.Startledandafraid, the villagerspromised toend theirbickering. Even today, theBatammalibamakepeace offerings toeachotherduringeclipses. L MOON TALK It’snoteasy toexplore theMoon.Asof October2020,more than 110Moonmissions hadbeen launchedby theU.S., theU.S.S.R. (orRussia), theEuropeanSpaceAgency, Japan, India,China,and Israel.About 40percent failed. L BEST DAYS GOFISHING: 1–9,25–31 GOCAMPING: 1,27,28 ENTERTAIN: 18, 19 BEGINDIETTOLOSEWEIGHT: 12,22 CUTHAIRTODISCOURAGEGROWTH: 11, 12 CUTHAIRTOENCOURAGEGROWTH:6,7 SeemoreBestDaysat thebackof thiscalendar. L THE 2023 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: 978-1-57198-922-2 Price: $214.80 Free Countertop Display with 24-piece order h 5 1 ⁄ 2 " , w 11 1 ⁄ 2 " , d 7 1 ⁄ 2 " • Style: Display THE EIGHTH MONTH AUGUST HATH 31 DAYS 1 CivicHoliday (Canada) Thewatermelon isabout 92percentwater.Earlyexplorers used itasacanteen. d 11 FullSturgeonMoon Allowcherries toripen fullybeforepicking. d 16 TheEarth isabeehive; weallenterby thesamedoor but live indifferentcells. –Africanproverb d 19 NationalAviationDay Maple trees’wingedseeds,called samaras,spin in thewindand can travelseveralhundred feetbefore landing. d 26 Women’sEqualityDay Cut fruitingraspberrycanes (floricanes)back to theground after theyhavestopped producing for thesummer. 27 NewMoon Rosegeranium leaves, whenwelldried,areequal torose leaves for filling cushionsandsachetbags. –TheOldFarmer’sAlmanac, 1916 d 28 Picklingcucumbers tend to have thinner, lessbitterskins thanslicing types.Thisallows thepicklingsolution tobetter penetrate thesurface. d PRECIOUSPOLLINATORS The fieryorange flowersofbutterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) are pol- linatormagnets, attracting butter- flies,bees,andhummingbirds.This native perennial, alongwith others in themilkweedgroup, are the sole foodsourceofmonarchcaterpillars. Its nectar provides food formany butterflies, including adultmon- archbutterflies,swallowtails,and fritillaries.Grown inZones3 to 9, butterflyweed flourishes inpoor,dry soils. d 2022GarCal_layout.indd 15 4/27/21 10:28AM Small_Changes_ad_2023.indd 1 2/1/22 3:46 PM