earth up
To cover the stem or leaves of plants with soil, as to encourage root growth or protect from cold.
Agricultural equipment
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edible bean
Any of various edible seeds of plants in the family Fabaceae (also called Leguminosae), the legume family.
eke
A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space.
epi
Abbreviation of epiphyllum.
etiolated
adjectiveAgricultural equipment
Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight.
exposure
The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.
fallow
Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
fallow crop
The crop taken from a green fallow field.
family tree
A grafting technique involving the joining of different varieties of plants onto a single tree or plant.
farmyard
The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
fastigiate
adjectiveAgricultural equipment
Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
fed cattle
Cattle leaving a feedlot, after fattening on a concentrated ration, that are ready to be sold to a packinghouse for slaughter.
feeder cattle
Steers or cows that are mature enough to be placed in a feedlot in preparation for slaughter.
fennie
A fenestration in the leaf of a plant, such as Monstera.
fenny
Alternative form of fennie (“fenestration”).
fieldwork
Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
filth
Weeds growing on pasture land.
first flush
The first growth of buds, flowers, seeds, or whatever is harvested from a plant.
flog
To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
flowering
The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
fodder radish
The daikon, particularly when grown for animal fodder rather than for human consumption.
forcing
The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
forest gardening
An agroforestry food production system modeled on woodland ecosystems.
frame
A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
fresh
Of a dairy cow, to give birth to a calf.
gangway
An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
garden pest
Any animal, insect or other organism that harms or damages plants in a garden.
garden soil
Topsoil consisting of additional organic matter, such as compost, peat, or fertilizer.
gardening
The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.
germinate
Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
giddy
Of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”), which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly.
gold bee
Any one of several specific, visually striking yellow or golden species of bees native to North America.
golden pea
Any of various Mirbelioids with small yellow flowers.
graft
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
grain elevator
A large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that it uses an elevating mechanism to hold the grain in one of many different bins, and that it is designed to fill large trucks and train cars for shipping grain in bulk.
grain engulfment
A condition in which a person is fully submerged in grain, most often in a silo or other grain storage structure.
grain entrapment
A condition in which a person is partially submerged in grain, most often in a silo or other grain storage structure.
granary
A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
granny
An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother.
grass-cock
A cock (small pile) of grass (cut, gathered, and piled).
green corn
The young ears of corn (maize) harvested while still in the milky stage, before the kernels fully mature.
green meat
Any type of food or fodder consisting of herbs, plants or vegetables.
green road
A rural, unpaved route that provides access to agricultural land.
grex
A kind of group used in horticultural nomenclature, applied to the progeny of an artificial cross from specified parents, in particular for orchids.
grow box
A partially or completely enclosed system for raising plants indoors or in small areas.
grow room
A room of any size where plants, sometimes illicit, are grown under controlled conditions.
half-standard
adjectiveAgricultural equipment
A tree or shrub whose branches originate from three to four feet above ground level.
halfpenny
A usually semicircular earmark made in the ear of a livestock animal.
harpoon fork
A kind of hayfork, consisting of a bar with hinged barbs at one end and a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power.
harvest
The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
harvesting
The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
haylage
A type of silage with a high dry-matter content, made from the same grasses or legumes from which hay is made (such as alfalfa, timothy, and others) but not dried as much as hay nor as little as direct-chop/green-chop silage (before being ensiled).
haymaker
A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.
hedera
Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera
heft
A part of a serial publication; a fascicle, an issue, a number.
heirloom
An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.
hilling
The act or process of heaping up earth around plants.
honey plant
Any plant from which bees usually collect nectar, pollen, or both for making honey.
hook
A field sown two years in succession.
hop garden
A field, fields or farm where hops are grown.