to store them for food.
Her foe was Mother Nature because she lets the Winter come. Winter makes the crops freeze.
It will freeze on the surface, rather than be absorbed into the earth.
when water freezes it releases hidden stored heat which can protect to citrus from freezing
To help prevent erosion by keeping the soil protected.
Farmers diversified their crops
Tenant farmers grew a large variety of crops.
Commercial Farmers raise their crops for this purpose.
Soil and weather determines what is grown. The plains area are dry, windy, with little rain, but can get snow in the winter. Only a few crops can grow in conditions like that.
farmers eat cash crops
Salt Marshes do not freeze during the winter.
Arable farmers
farmers sell the crops to companies and companies sell them to stores and then the stores sell them to us