let's get this topic going with a saying maggie brought to us: Garden sayings When the leaves show their undersides Be very sure that rain betides The scent of flowers if very strong When rain will not be long The anemone closes and goes to bed Just before rain falls on your head The leaves of clover smaller get If the sky for storm is set Now look! Our weather glass is spread- The pimpernel whose flower Closes its leaves of spotted red Against a rainy hour The hanging teasel opens out When sunny weather is about But if the teasel closes up The falling rain will fill your cup When dry leaves rattle on the tree A fall of snow you soon will see If the dogwood�s flowers are here The frost will not again appear When there�s many a hip and haw A bitter winter is in store But if the hips and haws be few A milder winter�s coming due Onion�s skin very thin Mild winter coming in Onion�s skin thick and tough Coming winter�s cold and rough When the flowers are early out There�ll be but little fruit about But if the flowers wait til later The crop of fruit will be the greater If oak trees hang full And beech nuts thrive well A very hard winter Be sure to foretell If the ash is out before the oak You may expect a summer soak But if the oak is out before the ash You�ll hardly get a single splash If on the trees the leaves still hold The coming winter will be cold October leaves upon the tress Foretell a winter when you�ll freeze But if October bring cold and wind February leaves the frost behind The vine that buds in April Will not the barrel fill. A pear year, a dear year A cherry year, a merry year A plum year, a dumb year