tilling
Preparing planting ground
Tilling is the practice of turning and breaking up soil to prepare it for planting.
Farmers till fields before sowing crops, loosening compacted earth and mixing in organic matter.
The word covers various methods—plowing, harrowing, cultivating—that disturb the soil surface: Spring tilling begins as soon as the ground thaws.
Tool for turning soil
- harrowToothed soil-breaking implement
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- cultivatorSoil-turning implement
rototiller · disk · ploughshare · subsoiler · chisel · scarifier · rotavator · mattock
Soil or electrical grounding
- loamFertile soil mixture
- topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
- subsoilEarth layer below surface
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
silt · sand · clods · seedbed · bed · furrow · ridge · trench
Extremely distressing or disturbing
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- diskingCultivating with bladed implement
- hoeingTilling with a blade
- spadingTurning soil manually
rototilling · furrowing · ridging · trenching · cultivating · turning · scarifying · aerating
Prepared ground for sprouting
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- seedingPlanting or ranking
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
weed control · aeration · incorporation · mixing · amendments · fertilizing · composting · mulching
plow
Tool for turning soil
- harrowToothed soil-breaking implement
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
cultivator · rototiller · disk · ploughshare · subsoiler · chisel · scarifier · rotavator · mattock · shovel
earth
Soil or electrical grounding
clay · silt · sand · clods · seedbed · bed · furrow · ridge · trench · compost
harrowing
Extremely distressing or disturbing
spading · rototilling · furrowing · ridging · trenching · cultivating · turning · scarifying · aerating · chiseling
seedbed
Prepared ground for sprouting
germination · weed control · aeration · incorporation · mixing · amendments · fertilizing · composting · mulching · liming
- farmworkharvesting, farmworkers, planting, farm labor, crop farming
- draft workplowing, hauling, carting, towing, drayage
- soil conservationerosion control, cover crops, terracing, strip cropping, wind erosion
- Land Improvementland reclamation, soil improvement, soil amendment, erosion control, soil conservation
- farmingfarm, farms, farmer, farmers, crop
- farm lifefarm, farmer, farmers, farming, barn
tillingno-till
Undisturbed-soil cultivation
fallowing · abandoning · neglecting · conservation tillage · direct seeding
- tilling the soil
- soil tillingWorking the ground
till, cultivation, tiller, tills, tilled, tillage, tillers, untilled, tillable