Farming, growing plants, or raising animals on a farm can represent a real-life activity that involves investing time or resources in a process that yields delayed results or a long-term gain (such as nurturing a child as they grow up, or managing your stock portfolio).
See Also: Field, Plant, Planting, Reaping, Sprout, Orchard, Garden, Animal, Barn
[1]Cultivating something new in one’s life; see “cultivate”
[2]Symbolic of wisdom and plenty, Prov. 12:11
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