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Nature signs of a hard winter??
« on: September 28, 2012, 02:38:45 PM »
Last year there were hardly any persimmons or acorns, what hickory nuts and walnuts there were were dried up inside. The winter was very mild. My neighbor told me last year that the winter would be mild, it was. I said how do you know?? She said, God feeds the critters don't he"" I said yes, of course he does. She says, well there ya have it, if it was going to be a hard winter don't ya reckon he'd a made more food for them to eat??

If the reverse is true then we might have a rough winter this year. Haven't chkd the hickories yet but the walnut trees are loaded as are the oaks, some persimmon tree limbs are almost dragging the ground they are so heavy with fruit, I don't ever remember seeing such a huge crop of persimmons. The seeds have a spoon in them indicating lots of snow but that doesn't mean much cause thats what it has had several years now. We'll see. POWDERMAN.  Grin Grin
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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2012, 03:06:10 PM »
persimmons and acorns were ina bundance down south here last winter. i think we had 2 days below 30 degrees............. ::)
i once beleived that say'n long ago.  now its kinda what tha softshell crab, bullfrogs and flounder tellya in these parts.  it seems its gunna be an above average winter in lowest bama ;D
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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2012, 04:33:44 PM »
GENDOC. You mean above average temps?? POWDERMAN.  8) 8)
Mr. Charles Glenn “Charlie” Nelson, age 73, of Payneville, KY passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021 at his residence. RIP Charlie, we'll will all miss you. GB

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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2012, 07:33:59 PM »
The seeds have a spoon in them indicating lots of snow but that doesn't mean much cause thats what it has had several years now. We'll see. POWDERMAN.   

Those aren't spoons........They be snow shovels ;)
Quit talkin about simmons, and such. Your makin me homesick. I miss the possum grapes and muskedimes (we called them as kids), sassafras, may pops and hicker nuts!I've lived in the Great NW longer than a lot of people have been on the blue marble, but my heart has never left the Sweet Sunny South!Another sign I remember the old folks mentioned was, if the wasps built close to the ground, the winter was gonna be nasty one!
 
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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2012, 08:21:55 PM »
Here in the Ozarks the higher up in the trees squirrels build their nests  the deeper the snow is gonna be. ;)

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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2012, 02:55:30 AM »
I can't agree with her about feeding his critters. After the driest year on record last year and the fifth driest this year there are very few critters left.

As for what the winter will bring I'll just give my stock answer for when anyone asks my opinion. I tell them to ask me next April. The ONLY people that predict the weather in these parts are truly fools and newcomers.  ;D

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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2012, 03:30:29 AM »
They said the weather man predicted a cold winter.  The indians said they better cut some more wood.  The next night, he said it would be even colder than he expected.  The indians cut even more wood.  The  third night, he said it would be record cold...all the indians fell to and cut pile and piles of wood...finally someone called the weather man and asked how he knew it would be that cold...he said he'd been watching the indians, and from the wood they were cutting, it should be record breaking cold... :o
 
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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2012, 08:58:19 AM »
They said the weather man predicted a cold winter.  The indians said they better cut some more wood.  The next night, he said it would be even colder than he expected.  The indians cut even more wood.  The  third night, he said it would be record cold...all the indians fell to and cut pile and piles of wood...finally someone called the weather man and asked how he knew it would be that cold...he said he'd been watching the indians, and from the wood they were cutting, it should be record breaking cold... :o
 
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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2012, 04:01:53 PM »
HUNTER. The sassafrass are turning beautiful colors now, love to dig the roots in the spring for the tea too. I used to dig it for the older folks when I lived in ILL, they swore the blood thickened up in the winter and the tea thinned it back out in the spring, a lot of them wouldn't dream of starting the new yr without their spring tonic. Sometimes I'd get a quarter, sometimes a piece of cake or a few cookies, sometime just a smile. I just enjoyed helping them.
Persimmon pudding, now thats a real  treat. Patty tricked our gdaughter into taking a bite of a green one, I didn't think  she'd fall for, but she did. POWDERMAN.  ;D ;D
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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2012, 06:49:40 PM »
HUNTER. The sassafrass are turning beautiful colors now, love to dig the roots in the spring for the tea too. I used to dig it for the older folks when I lived in ILL, they swore the blood thickened up in the winter and the tea thinned it back out in the spring, a lot of them wouldn't dream of starting the new yr without their spring tonic. Sometimes I'd get a quarter, sometimes a piece of cake or a few cookies, sometime just a smile. I just enjoyed helping them.
Persimmon pudding, now thats a real  treat. Patty tricked our gdaughter into taking a bite of a green one, I didn't think  she'd fall for, but she did. POWDERMAN.  ;D ;D




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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2012, 04:19:16 AM »
HUNTER. I did that to a girl I grew up with in high sch and swore I'd never do it again, it wasn't funny anymore. WE were toddlers when we first met. You remember the little gree crabapples?? I used to pick them every year for an old lady who made jelly with them. POWDERMAN.  ;D ;D
Mr. Charles Glenn “Charlie” Nelson, age 73, of Payneville, KY passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021 at his residence. RIP Charlie, we'll will all miss you. GB

Only half the people leave an abortion clinic alive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAiOEV0v2RM
What part of ILLEGAL is so hard to understand???
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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2012, 04:59:14 AM »
The seeds have a spoon in them indicating lots of snow but that doesn't mean much cause thats what it has had several years now. We'll see. POWDERMAN.   

Those aren't spoons........They be snow shovels ;)
Quit talkin about simmons, and such. Your makin me homesick. I miss the possum grapes and muskedimes (we called them as kids), sassafras, may pops and hicker nuts!I've lived in the Great NW longer than a lot of people have been on the blue marble, but my heart has never left the Sweet Sunny South!Another sign I remember the old folks mentioned was, if the wasps built close to the ground, the winter was gonna be nasty one!

Well we're in for a nasty one then, cause the yellow-jackets built IN THE GROUND under one of my pines. Thousands of them. Their trapped now though with a big rock. Hope your wrong on the winter.
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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2012, 02:01:19 AM »
Come late Feb 2013 I m headed down to Georga . Got to be warmer there than  where I live. If its a warm winter I go in March and do some fishing . So whats the signs for Georgia ?

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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2012, 07:42:11 AM »
Thicker than normal corn husks
Woodpeckers sharing a tree
Early arrival of the Snowy owl
Early departure of geese and ducks
Early migration of the Monarch butterfly
Thick hair on the nape (back) of the cow’s neck
Heavy and numerous fogs during August
Raccoons with thick tails and bright bands
Mice eating ravenously into the home
Early arrival of crickets on the hearth
Spiders spinning larger than usual webs and entering the house in great numbers
Pigs gathering sticks
Insects marching a bee line rather than meandering
Early seclusion of bees within the hive
Unusual abundance of acorns
Muskrats burrowing holes high on the river hank
“See how high the hornet’s nest, ‘twill tell how high the snow will rest”
Narrow orange band in the middle of the Woollybear caterpillar warns of heavy snow; fat
and fuzzy caterpillars presage bitter cold
The squirrel gathers nuts early to fortify against a hard winter
Frequent halos or rings around sun or moon forecast numerous snow falls.

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Re: Nature signs of a hard winter??
« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2012, 09:57:12 AM »
We were told growing up about the woollybear catipillar having an extra thick coat. They always looked the same to me. I just figure we are about do for a hard winter. I have the boys splitting alot of firewood, so I'm getting ready for one. Havn't checked, anybody know what the Farmers Almanac predicts? gypsyman
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