haymaking
Drying cut grass
Haymaking is the process of cutting, drying, and gathering grass or other plants to store as hay for animal feed.
The work traditionally happens in summer when conditions allow the cut grass to dry in the field before baling.
Figuratively, to make hay or make hay while the sun shines means to take advantage of favorable circumstances while they last.
Compressing into tied bundles
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- mowerGrass-cutting machine
- tedderHay-spreading implement
- rakeTined yard implement
windrow · pitchfork · tractor · barn · stacking · drying · bale · swath
Fermented crop fodder
- alfalfaForage crop legume
- cloverThree-leafed legume plant
- timothyHay-producing forage grass
- forageSeek food actively
feed · livestock · cattle · horses · sheep · nutrition · roughage · pasture
Cutting crops for collection
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
season · timing · meadow · aftermath · window · curing · quality · moisture
Moisture from skin pores
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- pitchforkingLifting with pronged tool
- liftingRaising something heavy
- stackingPlacing items vertically
exertion · fatigue · manual · backbreaking · teamwork · farmhand · loading · hauling
baling
Compressing into tied bundles
rake · windrow · pitchfork · tractor · barn · stacking · drying · bale · swath · curing
silage
Fermented crop fodder
forage · feed · livestock · cattle · horses · sheep · nutrition · roughage · pasture · grazing
reaping
Cutting crops for collection
crop · season · timing · meadow · aftermath · window · curing · quality · moisture · maturity
sweat
Moisture from skin pores
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- pitchforkingLifting with pronged tool
- liftingRaising something heavy
stacking · exertion · fatigue · manual · backbreaking · teamwork · farmhand · loading · hauling · raking
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
rustic · farmstead · rural · traditional · heritage · nostalgia · landscape · scenic · golden · picturesque
sunshine
Direct rays from above
- augustImpressively grand and noble
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
- sunhatBrimmed head shade
sunstroke · blue-sky · warm · humid · forecast · afternoon · midday · sultry · sweltering
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- farm traditionsbarn raising, barn dances, harvest festival, county fairs, farmers markets
- pastoral lifeshepherds, shepherding, herders, herding, herdsmen
- Alpine Pasturesalp, alpine meadows, grazing, grazing land, meadows
- farming cyclesplanting, harvest season, sowing, growing season, spring planting
- homesteading skillsfarming, animal husbandry, crop rotation, composting, beekeeping