Before we had modern technology and forecasters, we had persimmons, squirrel tails and woolly worms. And groundhogs. We can’t forget the groundhogs, right? All of these are old traditions and folklore ...

November means it is time to pick persimmons. Some gardeners enjoy eating the fruits of our native persimmon, while others harvest them to predict the weather. For years, gardeners have been cutting ...

Persimmon and pomegranate trees are considered climate forward in the North Bay while also dressing up the autumn landscape. Local leaf peepers eagerly await the brilliant November colors of our ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived post from 2012, but the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FORT PAYNE, Ala. – People are cutting open ...

Tonight I want to talk about one of the winter "predictors"... the persimmon seed. Persimmon seeds have been used to forecast how cold and snowy the upcoming winter will be for a long time! Many ...

Persimmon seeds say western Arkansas will get snow this winter, but the National Weather Service says it’s less likely than other years. The Times Record on Thursday observed the fabled fruit tree’s ...

Persimmon seeds have long been used to forecast how cold and snowy the upcoming winter will be! Many people would put the persimmon seeds and the woolly worms at the top of the winter weather ...

Folklore says the upcoming winter weather can be predicted by studying persimmon seeds. Persimmon trees grow to be 50-60 feet tall when mature. Persimmon wood is extremely hard and often used in ...