Hey, I'm Flor Licksman, and you're listening to Science Friday.

Farmers Almanacs have been around for hundreds of years. You've probably seen them in gas stations or in the grocery store.

You know, they're these books with yellow or orange covers with old-timey illustrations, and they're filled with very detailed directives about

things like the best time to plant certain crops or when to wean your calves. The day that we're

recording this, the old farmer's almanac says, today is the best day to harvest below-ground

crops, set posts, or pour concrete. Now that we're thawing into spring, we wanted to

investigate what place do farmers' almanacs have in modern life, and do farmers even use them?

Here to discuss is Dean Regis, astronomer and Farmer's Almanac Contributor based in Cincinnati

and Liz Grazick, organic farmer based in Columbia, Missouri.

Thanks for joining us.

Thank you.

Happy to be here.

Liz, as a farmer, do you use the farmer's almanac?

I love reading the farmer's almanac for fun tidbits, for information historical things that have happened and the way that

just what you said we should be digging posts and pouring concrete I mean is it for you is it like

the equivalent of how I read Cosmo in the airport? Yes.

For entertainment.

It is.

It's for entertainment.

It's for me like learning old wives tales, which I think are super fun and interesting.

But yes, it's for entertainment.

Do you know any farmers to use them, you know, as intended?

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