Oh, what a goodly and a glorious show; The stately trees have decked themselves with white, And stand transfigured in a robe of light; Wearing for each lost leaf a flake of snow. –Richard Wilton (1827–1903) | | Winning Plants for 2018 New Plants for the New Year The new year is here and with it comes a crop of new plants for the garden. It has been too cold to do much of anything except prowl the pages of the seed catalogs looking for the new and notable plants for 2018. | | Sun Beam Patio Accent These fun patio and deck decorations bring an instant smile to everyone’s face! The Sun Beam measures 13 inches in diameter. It’s made of high-quality recycled steel in the USA and powder-coated to endure outdoor weather. | | A More Productive Garden Online Garden Planner from The Old Farmer's Almanac Plan for a more productive garden in 2018 with The Old Farmer’s Almanac Garden Planner. A well-planned garden helps you avoid common issues that affect the health and productivity of your plants. | | Feeding Birds in Winter Feeding Garden Birds in Winter Birds are an essential part of the garden, helping with pest control as they snap up aphids, caterpillars, grubs and other insect pests. But in the winter food can be scarce. Regular feeding will encourage birds to keep coming back to your garden, so they’ll be around during the growing season to help keep pests in check. | | Soy Wax Candles SAVE 20% This large, eye-catching candle come in a printed glass container housed in a decorative box with a wooden ball top. | | More Ways to Use Vinegar! Household Uses for Vinegar Here are some of our favorite household uses for vinegar. From cleaning shower curtains to relieving insect bites, vinegar certainly has many functions! | | The Old Farmer’s Almanac Gardening Notebook A gardener’s most useful tool is knowledge from past seasons. Don’t rely on sticky notes or memory! You’ll love our beautiful Garden Notebook with its waterproof cover—easy to bring to the garden. Keep records so you know when pests arrive and when to put preventative controls in place to avoid damage. Also, track what blossoms when, first and last frost dates, what was planted where, what worked, favorite varieties, what you want to move, and other notes. | | New to this newsletter? It’s free! Sign up here. You are receiving this e-mail message because you subscribed at our Web site: Almanac.com If you do not wish to receive our regular e-mail newsletters in the future, please click here to manage your preferences or unsubscribe. *Please do not reply to this e-mail* Visit our Web site Help page to report corrections or inquire about your online account, products, editorial, and technical issues. For reprinting and reuse, see our Terms of Use. © 2018 Yankee Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. |
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