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10:47 pm
February 22, 2010
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Has anyone been watching for the wolly worm winter prediction? Or opened a persimmon to see what we are in for this year? Does anyone know of other "Old Farmers" weather forecasting tips?
In our neck of the woods the persimmons are showing spoons! I do like snow but last year was just a mite too much.
12:10 am
February 10, 2009
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I've never heard of persimmons being used to predict the winter Miss Judy, which is fine since we don't have any in the area that I'm aware of! Here the brown stripe of our wooly bears are quite wide which is supposed to mean a moderate winter. I like that! I actually even like snow, and it's good for the garden, but I don't want to be shoveling too much!
8:22 am
October 24, 2011
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Around here the majority of the wooly worms are black. I don't like the sound of that though. I also heard on the weather channel a couple days ago that the northeast would have a wetter than usual winter which would mean more snow. Yay right?
8:27 am
February 22, 2010
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oh, guess i forgot about some places not having persimmon trees. you crack open the seeds and if there is the shape of a spoon it means lots of snow, if there is a knife there will be bitter cold and if there is a fork it will be a mild winter.
I haven't even seen a wolly bear yet this year.
9:47 am
February 10, 2009
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Well, I've heard of people who have persimmons on their farms, but I think they have to be babied and that the location has to be just right for them though, and probably only certain variaties this far north.
I've heard of judging by the acorns falling… which here aren't unusually heavy, but the beech nuts are CRAZY heavy this year! Birds love them that's for sure, and I think my chickens are eating them too, or at least curious about them. I suppose a heavy crop of beech nuts could be an indicator too.
10:32 am
January 17, 2011
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This is what I've always heard….
The more black on a wooly worm the colder/longer the winter.
If there are white wooly worms, there will be LOTS of snow.
The more nuts/acorns produced during the year, the harder the winter.
How are your squirrels acting? If they are going nuts carrying stuff away-hard winter.
How high in the trees have they built their nests? I can't remember which it which on that but it is supposed to indicate too.
I had never heard the persimmon one either & we used to have them.
If you have wild berries/fruit in the area…how have they produced? The more they produce, the harder the winter…..blackberries, wild cherries, black raspberries, etc.
Check out the old Farmer's Almanac…they are generally really close on their predictions.
11:15 am
April 8, 2010
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Well, I am confused now-getting mixed signals from my indicators. The wooly worm had a wide brown stripe=mild winter. Raspberries were overflowing=hard winter. Guess we will have to wait and see.
5:34 pm
February 22, 2010
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I guess we have to wait and see no matter what the prediction is. 
8:38 pm
December 14, 2010
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The ladybugs haven't started to come into the houses yet. Often the more noticable and the farther into the houses they come the harsher the winter weather turns out to be.
8:31 am
February 22, 2010
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Ross, the lady bugs were really terrible last fall…couldn't keep them out. We had LOTS of snow last winter. Maybe those Ladybugs know something we don't.
10:19 am
December 8, 2010
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Well, I don't know about any predictors, however, I saw quite a few white worms in the garden earlier this fall and now lots of worms with big stripes in the middle. Then there were the wonder hazelnuts that the chimpmonks got and I NEVER got one. So where do we go from here? I don't want 4 ft of snow again this year like 3 years ago. Maybe we should all put in our orders with God?
10:16 pm
October 30, 2009
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We saw our first snow flurries today…..winter is here!
4:34 am
October 19, 2011
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well, I have no sure fire indicators left. over the years I have seen most fail to predict the forth coming weather.
If the brown on the wolly worms means a mild winter, then we should be good here in zone 4
we have had only a few of the Asian lady beetles come in…odd, they usually attack in huge droves…
didn't know they could be a sign, but it makes sense…
The farmers almanac was wrong for this area more than it was right this year so far
I don't really care…-30° last winter, it will have to beat that to beat me…
Hopefully we will get a nice blanket of snow before the deep freeze to protect the garlic beds and perennials 
7:49 am
February 22, 2010
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The farmer's almanac was right on here last winter. We got every snow but one that it predicted! i haven't checked to see if it predicted this dry weather we are having right now!
7:01 am
March 30, 2009
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I realized a couple days ago that the squirrels hadn't gone crazy over the black walnuts this year. The last couple of years I sat and watched as squirrels would come across the foot bridge, get a nut, and then cross back over. This year I didn't see them do it at all. Oh, and the little lady beetles have not swarmed into the house this year as they did the last two years. I'm hoping it's a more moderate winter than the last two. I don't want my friend from Tx. to be scared off! 
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