harvest seasons
Crop collection periods
Harvest seasons are the times of year when crops are gathered from fields.
The specific timing varies by crop and climate—wheat harvest comes in summer, apple harvest in fall.
Agriculture often revolves around these periods: During harvest season, the whole family worked the fields.
The phrase implies busy, labor-intensive intervals when ripe produce must be collected before it spoils.
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- gleanerGatherer of leftovers
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
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