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While The Old Farmer's Store does not ship physical products to Canada, this digital Canadian Online Edition Almanac can be purchased by someone with a Canadian billing address if purchased by itself. Enjoy instant access—from your tablet...

  Enjoy instant access—from your tablet or computer! This item is delivered as a PDF download immediate upon purchase. As this is a product for your computer, no physical item will ship to you. GROW BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS! You can have a...

Enjoy instant access—from your tablet or computer! This item is delivered as a PDF download immediate upon purchase. As this is a product for your computer, no physical item will ship to you...

After purchase you will get an emailed receipt, plus a separate email that has your My Local Almanac PDF attached (Email is the only way to get your My Local Almanac PDF. My Local Almanac cannot be downloaded from your account). Be patient as it can take...

Step-by-step garden plans from our friends at Garden Gate magazine. Have a sunny entry or backyard area that needs some love? Here are 5 beautiful garden plans for a variety of different scenarios in sun. Buy all 5 garden plans as a bundle and...

Step-by-step garden plans from our friends at Garden Gate magazine. Made in the shade! Here are 5 beautiful garden plans for shady spaces. Buy all 5 garden plans as a bundle and save! WHAT YOU GET: The Shade Garden Plan Superbundle is a 34-page pdf file...

Step-by-step garden plans from our friends at Garden Gate magazine. Want to create a pollinator paradise in your garden? Here are 5 garden plans for a variety of different garden scenarios that will support bees, butterflies & more! Buy all five...

Step-by-step garden plans from our friends at Garden Gate magazine. Want to create a bird haven? Here are 4 beautiful garden plans for a variety of different garden scenarios that is sure to bring in the birds! Buy all four garden plans as a bundle and...

Enjoy instant access—from your tablet or computer! This item is delivered as a PDF download immediate upon purchase. As this is a product for your computer, no physical item will ship to you. DIG INTO CONTAINER GARDENING! Short on space, time, or...

Popular step-by-step garden plan from our partners at Garden Gate magazine. The front yard is where first impressions are made, so you want to be sure to have long-lasting color and a cohesive design. This plan freshens up the look to create a more...

Discover EXTRA!—a monthly digital magazine for your tablet or computer written by the editors of the annual Old Farmer’s Almanac. EXTRA! digital magazine is not the ANNUAL edition of The Old Farmer’s Almanac book...

Woodland gardens aren’t just for the woods. Creating the habitat woodland plants enjoy is simple—plant trees and shrubs to provide shade or put to use those you may already have, and underplant with a combination of easy-care perennials. This...

A peaceful haven in your backyard can be right outside the back door or in a corner of a larger space. The key is to surround yourself with plants that soften the hard edges of manmade materials, muffle neighborhood noise and give you the sense of...

Of course putting out feeders is a great way to keep birds coming to your garden. But growing plants they love is even better. This design offers seeds, berries, shelter and nesting material so you can help the birds in your garden all year...

An entry garden is especially important in making people feel welcome because it’s the first thing visitors see. It doesn’t have to be packed full of plants: Even minimalist plantings can be inviting if you design an entryway with multiseason...

This easy-care border planting is perfect for a backyard along a fence. Chartreuse foliage of Pagoda dogwood and hosta work well along with classic hydrangea. Great for a part-sun to-part-shade spot in the garden WHERE TO GROW IT This garden...

The best options for use along a walkway or driveway are plants that are drought-tolerant, resilient and able to withstand the heat reflected off of hardscaping, such as brickwork, concrete or stone pavers. This garden plan features low-water plants that...

Having deer mow through the garden time after time can be frustrating even for the most patient gardener. No garden is 100 percent deer-proof, but the plants in this plan shouldn’t get nibbled very often (if at all.)  This garden plan grows...

Late summer in the garden usually means shades of yellow, orange and burgundy. But why not plant surprisingly vibrant violets, beautiful blues and pastel pinks? That’s what you’ll get in this cool-toned late-summer garden.  This planting...

Not only is this flowery foundation garden filled with clay-tolerant plants, but they’re arranged in a way that protects the home’s foundation from damage that clay soil can cause. This mix of plants will provide year-round color and texture...

Plants with structure, resilience and season-long good looks make this slope from the sidewalk to the front lawn a stop-and-stare kind of garden. Turf can be hard to maintain on a slope and can quickly erode and become patchy, so replace it with shrubs...

Popular step-by-step garden plan from our partners at Garden Gate magazine. Reclaim valuable yard space by turning the area around your sidewalk into a garden. Despite its challenges, like extra heat and full sun, this spot between the sidewalk and curb...

Popular step-by-step garden plan from our partners at Garden Gate magazine. Looking for a colorful garden border without the hassle? This low-maintenance plant combo thrives with minimal watering. With cooling blues, silvers, and whites, it's perfect...

Popular step-by-step garden plan from our partners at Garden Gate magazine. Transform a humble shed into your own private sanctuary, enveloped by a picturesque cottage garden. The gentle hues of this oasis set the perfect ambiance for unwinding. Take a...

Popular step-by-step garden plan from our partners at Garden Gate magazine. Surround your birdfeeders with plants as lovely as the songbirds that will visit. This full-sun to part-shade zones 5-8 garden is designed to not only look great year-round but...

Popular step-by-step garden plan from our partners at Garden Gate magazine. Are you exhausted from the constant battle of nurturing grass under the expansive canopy of a majestic shade tree? Sometimes, the allure of that beautiful arboreal presence in...

Beautiful structures make every garden better. Show off your plants, add year-round beauty and give yourself a place to sit and enjoy your hard work with these classic projects. Buy all 5 garden projects as a bundle and save! WHAT YOU GET: The Classic...

Enjoy instant access—from your tablet or computer! Download a PDF of our Garden Guide or visit a special website that makes reading it as easy as flipping the pages of a book. The online edition features enlargeable type, zoom, search, and...

Enjoy instant access—from your tablet or computer! A special website makes reading our Online Edition an experience similar to flipping the pages of a book. Additionally, it features enlargeable type, zoom, search, page printing, or...

Step-by-step garden plans from our friends at Garden Gate magazine. Roll out the welcome mat for all different types of birds with these unique birdhouses! Buy all 12 birdhouse plans as a bundle and save! WHAT YOU GET: The Birdhouse Projects Superbundle...

Step-by-step garden project plans from our friends at Garden Gate magazine. Building this Japanese garden bench could not be any easier. The only materials you will need are a few screws and some 2 x 4s. You can build the whole thing without using any...

Step-by-step garden project plans from our friends at Garden Gate magazine. As beautiful as a compost pile may look to you and your plants, your neighbors may not appreciate the finer points of a heaping pile of garden debris. So a simple and attractive...

These beautiful and classic planter boxes are built with traditional joinery, such as mortise and tenon joints and floating panel sides. They also have an adjustable bottom, which can be raised or lowered to fit the height of the potted plants in the...

This unique garden trellis combines copper and cedar into a classic design. And this trellis provides a great place for a climbing plant. It's the cross bars that make it unique — they’re made from copper plumbing pipe. They’ll be shiny...

f you’re looking to add an eye-catching focal point to your outdoor living space this year, then this garden tower is sure to fit the bill. Made from inexpensive, durable, and great-looking dimensional cedar boards, the design is guaranteed to gain...

Modular design and a unique frame layout make it simple — well okay, as simple as a garden gazebo can be. What we've done here is not only design a great looking gazebo, but one using a remarkably simple layout frame and shop-built wall panels that...

This take on the traditional picket gate is easy to build and unique-looking.  CONSTRUCTIONThis gate is 31 inches wide and 44 inches tall. Because this gate has simple joints and requires only basic woodworking tools, almost anyone can build it in a...

Step-by-step garden project plans from our friends at Garden Gate magazine. This trellis might look complicated, but the fact is, you can make it in a weekend with simple tools and no real woodworking experience. CONSTRUCTIONThe trellis is 80 inches...

Step-by-step garden project plans from our friends at Garden Gate magazine. Everyone who sees this arbor in our garden feels drawn to it, and wants to walk through its arches. And that after all, is the reason for an arbor — to make your garden...