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Almanac.com Plant Guides Scraper

Scrape plant growing guides from The Old Farmer's Almanac. Extracts structured planting, growing, harvesting, and pest data for 300+ vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers from almanac.com/plant/* pages.

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Scrape plant growing guides from The Old Farmer's Almanac (almanac.com). Extracts structured planting, growing, harvesting, and pest data for 300+ plant guides covering vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers, shrubs, and houseplants.

What it scrapes

Each record covers one plant guide from almanac.com/plant/*:

FieldDescription
slugURL slug (e.g. tomatoes, bee-balm)
common_nameCommon name derived from slug
botanical_nameScientific / botanical name
plant_typeCategory: Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, etc.
sun_exposureSun requirements: Full Sun, Partial Shade, etc.
soil_phSoil pH preference: Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
bloom_timeSeason the plant blooms
flower_colorFlower color
hardiness_zonesUSDA hardiness zone information
planting_textFull Planting section text
growing_textFull Growing / Care section text
harvesting_textFull Harvesting section text
pests_textFull Pests and Problems section text
recommended_varieties_textRecommended varieties / types text
almanac_urlSource URL
scrapedAtISO-8601 scrape timestamp

How it works

  1. Fetches almanac.com/sitemap.xml and filters to /plant/* URLs (338 guides as of 2026)
  2. Crawls each plant guide page using a standard HTTP crawler (server-rendered HTML, no browser needed)
  3. Extracts structured attribute fields from the sidebar and long-form section text from the guide body

Input

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
maxItemsinteger10Maximum plant guides to scrape. Set to 0 to scrape all 300+ guides.

Usage

Scrape 50 plant guides:

{"maxItems":50}

Scrape all plant guides (~338):

{"maxItems":0}

Use cases

  • Garden planning apps — populate plant databases with authoritative growing data (Seedtime, Vego, Gardenize)
  • AI assistants — ground planting advice in trusted zone and frost data
  • Research — build structured datasets from the most-cited US gardening reference
  • Hyperlocal content — power garden newsletters with variety-specific planting guides

Data source

The Old Farmer's Almanac (almanac.com) — the most-cited US consumer horticultural reference since 1792. Plant guides cover planting timing, care, harvesting, pest management, and recommended varieties written by the Almanac's gardening editors.

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