The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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There are also features on each month’s unique aspects — what to plant, and what to watch out for in the wild, in the sky, and in your garden — with suggestions for ways we can celebrate nature through folk songs, decorations, and what we eat. I’m hoping to pick up some gardening tips too, as there is a feature for the best gardening and planting times every month.

This is a fabulous little book that I adored picking through and if you are a fan of nature, the natural world and planning for gardening, then this is a gorgeous book to have. December: “There appears to be something about reaching the deepest depths of the year that inspires us to use up an over-generous proportion of our precious resources in gathering, feasting and celebrating. The Hogarth Press where I’m working, is in the heart of the literary world, with authors coming in all the time. It gives details of the month “at a glance” such as the appearance of the countryside and traditional practices in rural areas such as Morris dancing.Lia Leendertz also provides features on each month’s unique nature, such as beehive behaviour, folklore, seasonal recipes and charts tracking moon phases and tides.

This is a book with which to explore so much, with its section for each month, and I was pleased to have the opportunity to read and review it. My garden is tiny but I am learning all the time for when I have a larger garden to turn into a sanctuary for all living creatures to enjoy the natural cycles of the seasons.Including a lot of information, month by month, on the Solar System, the sea, the moon, gardening, the Zodiac, Nature, Music and some fabulous recipes it a great reference book. There are also features on each month's unique nature, such as the meteor shower of the month, beehive behaviour, folklore, seasonal recipes and charts tracking moon phases and tides.

These little books are a delight and cover much more than you would find in a typical Farmer's Almanac which obviously relates more to matters affecting agriculture and fishing. For a small hardback book this book contains a wealth of information, fascinating facts and interesting, useful information.Lia Leendertz’s The Almanac - A Seasonal Guide to 2023 is an inspiring tool for reconnecting with nature’s cycles in practical ways that propagate soulful results. There are stories, songs, recipes, connections to the natural world and a sense that there are patterns to the year that have been going on for millennia. In this bleak December, I'm hearted by the fact that we are approaching the Winter solstice tomorrow. Talking of which, the “bun of the month” feature is fabulous, from making marzipan hot cross buns in April, to enjoying Irish barmbrack buns for Hallowe’en. If lighting up the darkness to mark this moment wasn’t in some way necessary to us, we wouldn’t have been doing it for so very, very long.