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In CSAs, consumers can buy shares of a farm's production as a kind of farm-to-table subscription, accessing fresh food from local farms on a schedule throughout the growing season — while sharing in some of the risks inherent to agriculture, like weather.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 13 May 2024
For the record, morning glories tend to bloom a lot more in the second half of the growing season, as days start to grow shorter.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
This fast and constant growth allows farmers to harvest the same field up to 60 times during the growing season at some farms.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
To get a head start on the growing season, most gardeners start the seeds indoors about four weeks before the last average frost date and transplant the seedlings after there is no more danger of a late spring frost.
—Nadia Hassani, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024
Weekend mornings during growing season show the reliance people have on the place.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 6 May 2024
Water stone fruits, apples and pears deeply and regularly through the growing season.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
During the growing season, faded hydrangea flowers can be cut back to encourage new growth.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 1 May 2024
Growing a season-long green manure crop allows roots to start breaking up the clay soil, and the tops (and roots) turned into the soil at the end of the growing season add organic matter.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Growing season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growing%20season. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
growing season
noun
: the period of the year that is warm enough for growth especially of cultivated plants
especially
: the period between the last killing frost in the spring and the first one in the fall
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