fallow period
Rest before renewal
A fallow period is a time of inactivity or rest, especially one that allows for eventual renewal.
The term comes from agriculture, where fallow land is left unplanted for a season to restore fertility.
Applied to creative work, careers, or relationships, it suggests dormancy that may prove productive: After a fallow period of several years, she returned to painting with new energy.
- dormantInactive but capable
- restCessation of activity
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- barrenUnable to produce
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
soil · recovery · pause · hiatus · lull · downtime · dry spell · off season · regeneration · waiting · quiet · quiet time · stillness · field · earth · crop rotation · rotation · fertile ground
- farming cyclesplanting, harvest season, sowing, growing season, spring planting
- crop rotation
- swidden farmingslash and burn, slash-and-burn, shifting cultivation, swidden, ray
- farm idiomsmake hay while the sun shines, cream of the crop, put the cart before the horse, till the cows come home, buy the farm
- farm traditionsbarn raising, barn dances, harvest festival, county fairs, farmers markets
- slumpsslump, lull, losing streak, cold streak, rut
fallow periodheyday
Period of peak flourishing
golden age · high season · crunch time · busy season · full swing
fallow periodgrowing season
Time crops can mature
planting season · harvest time · bloom · flourishing · germination
fallow periodrenaissance
Period of renewed vitality
golden age · flowering · purple patch · hot streak · heyday
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