Almanac.com Plant Guides Scraper
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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/*:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
slug | URL slug (e.g. tomatoes, bee-balm) |
common_name | Common name derived from slug |
botanical_name | Scientific / botanical name |
plant_type | Category: Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, etc. |
sun_exposure | Sun requirements: Full Sun, Partial Shade, etc. |
soil_ph | Soil pH preference: Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline |
bloom_time | Season the plant blooms |
flower_color | Flower color |
hardiness_zones | USDA hardiness zone information |
planting_text | Full Planting section text |
growing_text | Full Growing / Care section text |
harvesting_text | Full Harvesting section text |
pests_text | Full Pests and Problems section text |
recommended_varieties_text | Recommended varieties / types text |
almanac_url | Source URL |
scrapedAt | ISO-8601 scrape timestamp |
How it works
- Fetches
almanac.com/sitemap.xmland filters to/plant/*URLs (338 guides as of 2026) - Crawls each plant guide page using a standard HTTP crawler (server-rendered HTML, no browser needed)
- Extracts structured attribute fields from the sidebar and long-form section text from the guide body
Input
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
maxItems | integer | 10 | Maximum plant guides to scrape. Set to 0 to scrape all 300+ guides. |
Usage
Scrape 50 plant guides:
Scrape all plant guides (~338):
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.
