sowing
Starting a crop
Sowing is the act of planting seeds by scattering or placing them in soil.
Farmers sow crops; gardeners sow flower beds.
The word extends to any deliberate spreading that produces later results: sowing discord, sowing doubt, sowing the seeds of revolution.
The biblical principle "you reap what you sow" captures this—consequences grow from what you plant.
Placing seeds in earth
- seedbedPrepared ground for sprouting
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
harvesting · fertilizer · irrigation · grain drill · soil preparation · acreage · fallow · farmland
Plant embryos in casings
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- propagationAct of spreading widely
nursery · greenhouse · mulch · tiller · hoe · trench · beds · sprouts
Mass signal transmission
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- spreadingExtending over space
- strewingSpreading by tossing
- distributionAllocation across recipients
oversowing · seed dispersal · propagation · drift · sprinkling
Initial stages of something
- genesisPoint of creation
- inceptionFounding moment
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- foundationUnderlying support structure
origin · discord · dissent · rumor · idea · future · investment · karma
Recoiling metal spiral
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- winter wheatCereal planted in autumn
- growing seasonTime crops can mature
- frost dateExpected freezing day estimate
almanac · equinox · harvest · soil temperature · first frost · last frost · planting calendar · monsoon
planting
Placing seeds in earth
- seedbedPrepared ground for sprouting
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
crop rotation · harvesting · fertilizer · irrigation · grain drill · soil preparation · acreage · fallow · farmland · agronomy
seeds
Plant embryos in casings
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
propagation · nursery · greenhouse · mulch · tiller · hoe · trench · beds · sprouts · vegetables
broadcasting
Mass signal transmission
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- spreadingExtending over space
- strewingSpreading by tossing
distribution · oversowing · seed dispersal · propagation · drift · sprinkling
beginnings
Initial stages of something
- genesisPoint of creation
- inceptionFounding moment
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
foundation · origin · discord · dissent · rumor · idea · future · investment · karma · reaping
spring
Recoiling metal spiral
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- winter wheatCereal planted in autumn
- growing seasonTime crops can mature
frost date · almanac · equinox · harvest · soil temperature · first frost · last frost · planting calendar · monsoon
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, farming
- gardening termsgrowing, blooming, wilting, pruning, grafting
- Old Farmingplowing, harvesting, threshing, winnowing, fallowing
- medieval farmingfarms, farming, crops, fallow land, plough
- planting methodsdirect seeding, transplanting, seed starting, dibbling, drilling
- propagationcloning, seed starting, grafting, cuttings, seedlings
sowingreaping
Cutting crops for collection
harvesting · gathering · picking · collecting · gleaning
sowingreaping
Cutting crops for collection
harvesting · uprooting · destroying · eradicating · clearing
- sowing wild oats
- sowing seedsDispersing grain for cultivation
- sowing one's wild oatsYouthful indulgence before maturity
- seed sowingPlanting by scattering
- sowing and reapingPlanting then collecting crops
- sowing seasonWhen seeds are planted