winter stores
Hibernation food cache
Winter stores are supplies—especially food, fuel, and provisions—accumulated before winter arrives.
The phrase appears most often in contexts of rural life, beekeeping, and survival: The bees had built up sufficient winter stores to survive until spring.
Historically, putting up winter stores was essential preparation against months when fresh food and travel were scarce.
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
- root cellarUnderground food storage chamber
- cellarUnderground storage room
preserves · canned · putting up · firewood · harvest · squirrel · squirreling away · cache · larder · root · hibernation · hard times · getting by · supplies · dried · pickled · hoarding · stash
- food caching
- traditional foodspemmican, bannock, jerky, dried fish, smoked fish
- frontier camptent, cabin, fire pit, campfire, firewood
- secret stashesstash, cache, hoard, hidden compartment, secret compartment
winter storessummer harvest
Gathering crops in warmth
autumn harvest · fall harvest · spring planting · harvest season · growing season
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