Text Box:      February Newsletter      Clues from Mother Nature Tales or Not?     Text Box:      For years people have used Mother Nature’s clues to figure the weather out.   What do you think tales or not? Wooly Worms:  The wider the brown band, the milder the winter.  Also, the greater the number of them late in the season also indicates a mild winter. Dandelions: Dandelions late in the season indicate a mild winter. Fog: The more fog in August the more snow in the winter.  The same is true for October, the more fog during this month the worse the winter. Ants:  A large ant hill in the summer means a cold/snowy winter. Onion Skin:  Thick skin means a cold winter with a thin skin leans towards a mild prediction. Apples:  The longer the leaves stay on the trees, the colder the winter. Squirrels:  If they have bushy tails it will be a cold/snowy winter. Persimmons: Cut in half, if the inner part happens to look like a spoon it means grab the shovel and prepare for a snowy winter. August Temps:  Hot temperatures in the first week in August usually means a cold winter. Wind:  A windy fall is often followed by a cold winter. Fall Thunderstorms: If they occur in the fall that indicates a cold winter. November:  If we have a warm November yields a cold winter. Corn:  The tighter the shuck the harsher the winter. Birds:  When the birds migrate early that is a sign of a cold/snowy winter. Nuts:  The more nuts and acorns the colder the winter. Deer:  The ticker the hair on the neck the colder the winter. Hornets:  The lower the hornet’s build their nests the colder the winter.

Text Box:      Fun Facts & Trivia In 1932 James Markham obtained the 1st     patent issued for a tree.    The patent was for a peach tree. Kiwifruit contains 600-1000 tiny edible seeds inside each fruit.  It contains 2 x the amount of vitamin C that oranges have and can be stored up to 8 months. Oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older. Wheat is the world’s most widely cultivated plant; grown on every continent except Antarctica. A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows.

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