spring planting
Seasonal seed work
Spring planting is the practice of sowing seeds or setting out seedlings in spring, when soil warms and frost risk diminishes.
The term applies to both agricultural and home gardening contexts: We're behind on spring planting this year, Spring planting begins in March for most vegetables.
In farming regions, it marks a distinct season of activity.
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- seed packetsEnvelopes holding planting material
- gardenCultivated plant area
- garden bedBordered area for cultivation
- raised bedsElevated soil enclosures for planting
soil · potting soil · tilling · seeds · germination · compost · rows · row covers · vegetable · furrow · sprouting · mulch · fertilizer · rake · hoe · bulbs · frost · last frost
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- farming cyclesharvest season, sowing, growing season, fall harvest, reaping
- Agricultural Poetryrural imagery, harvest festivals, seasonal rhythms, seed sowing, cultivation
- crop farmingharvesting, tractors, fertilizing, fertilizer, seed selection
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- farm traditionsbarn raising, barn dances, harvest festival, county fairs, farmers markets
agricultural action type
spring plantingharvest
Gathering mature crops
reaping · uprooting · gathering · harvesting · pulling up
spring, planting, springs, sprang, sprung, springing, springy, springtime, springboard