8 sentences with 'planting'
Example sentences and phrases with the word planting and other words derived from it.
• « Primitive agriculture, the type of farming that made possible later advances in civilisation, consisted of people simply planting seeds by hand or with shovels and picks. »
• « Crop rotation is the process of planting a different type of crop in one field each year, and then "rotating" to the next field in the following year. »
• « Until that time, European farmers tended to employ two-field crop rotation, planting one field while leaving another "fallow" to recover its fertility for the following year. This system was sustainable, but limited the number of crops that could be grown. »
• « All these factors lead to soil erosion (wearing away), which man must combat, especially by planting trees in places that are too open. »
• « Humans act on the soil in different ways: they can improve it by planting trees, adding fertilisers and watering it. »
• « They developed a mathematical system, constructed huge buildings and devised a calendar that accurately predicted eclipses and solstices and which the priest-astronomers used to direct the planting and harvesting of crops. »
• « Hispaniola is a marvel. Its hills and mountains, its fine plains and open country, are rich and fertile for planting and grazing, and for the building of towns and villages. »
• « Cotton planting took place in March and April, when slaves planted the seeds in rows three to five feet apart. »