Autumn 2026
Harvest Number
First frost math for Calhoun County, the fall festival calendar from Jacksonville to Piedmont, what to put in the ground before the ground goes hard, and the people keeping the season.
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Southern Legends / The Gather Almanac
The Gather Almanac
The almanac for the modern South. Kept knowledge for the place you actually live — when the dogwoods break, which festivals are worth the drive, who to know — refreshed all year and printed once a year to keep.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac is national and weather-anchored. Nobody’s local almanac. This one has a place, a voice, and a spot on the counter.
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When It Blooms
Planting, first-and-last frost, and what the ground is doing this season — for here, not for the whole country.
The Calendar
Festivals, markets, revivals, and gatherings across Northeast Alabama, kept in one place.
Weather Lore
The old sayings, checked against the new records. What held. What didn't.
The People
Short profiles of the folks who keep the season — growers, makers, cooks, and characters.
The Back Forty
Southern Gothic agrarian satire finds its print home here.
Keep the Almanac
The seasonal issues land free by email. A keepsake print annual comes later, once there’s enough of us to keep it.
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