from Merschman Seeds Area Sales Manager Joe Birky

Merschman Seeds Area Sales Manager Joe Birky, from Strang, Nebraska, uses this method to predict rain for the upcoming year. His method is fairly accurate.

Legend has it that the Chinese have been doing this for 3,000 years. It has also been passed down through generations from all over the world. Many people still use this method to predict rainfall throughout the year.

Buy 6 white onions, cut them in half, create a well (a hole in the middle of the halved onion) to put the salt in.

At midnight on New Years Eve, put 1 tablespoon of salt in each onion well, then set all the onion halves in a row in either a north or south facing window. All the onion halves need to be placed in the same window.

At 6am New Years Day, look how much moisture is in each halved onion, January wouold start on the east and then read to the west for the rest of the months.

The more moisture or water in the onion well, the wetter the month will be.