Plant corn when the dogwood blooms but never on May first,
second and third; those are barren days.
Plant root vegetables in the dark of the moon and plant leaf
vegetables in the new moon.
The first thunder of spring wakes up the snakes and tells
you winter is busted.
You are sure of a rough winter if the grape or nut crops are
heavy.
Snakes will not come around a place where gourds are
growing.
Weeds won’t grow back if cut in March during the dark of the
moon.
Ninety days after the first katydid is heard, there will be
a frost.
To make peppers grow, you must be hot and mad when you’re
planting them.
When it rains on June 2nd, there will be no
blackberries.
Plant cotton among your cucumber plants and insects will
not attack your cucumbers.
It is bad luck to haul off or burn sassafras wood.
Never point at a watermelon with your first finger or the
watermelon will drop off the vine.
Point at it with all your fingers.
Slips from plants should be stolen, only the stolen ones
will grow.
