Better than getting frozen in the cold weather!!
They have to harvest the most crops in the summber, because that is when most of them are ready.
The farmers to harvest crops for food and to have animals for meat
Farmers can harvest about anything that grows on farms.
Most crops are grown for profits for farmers, not for personal use. Only in the third world countries like most of Africa and India will you find farmers that grow and harvest rice and wheat for their own use.
New farming techniques help farmers reduce waste. They also help farmers get the most crops out of their harvest each year.
The Nile River helped with crops the most every year in Summer - when it was too hot for the crops to be naturally moist, so the River was a nearby source for the farmers to use.
They grew most of their crops on plantations
cash crops
most grow a specific a crop.
Long ago, most of us worked on or had farms. The summer was the time to plant and hoe and then harvest crops. Winter was time for school.
As in most crops, you harvest bananas
Subsistence farming can take many forms. Most of the growing will be done with the seasons. In temperate regions, you will find subsistence farmers growing crops from April to October. A wide variety of crops are needed for the subsistence farmer, some of them can be harvested in May/June, but some crops take all summer to grow to harvest. With proper preservation techniques, it may be possible to grow a large harvest for some crops one year, and then skip a year of production. Potatoes and onions will store well for a long time. The key is to produce a number of different crops that will provide adequate nutrition year-round.
Most of the West African farmers grow crops on community land. Villages have small land patches where anyone in the village is free to grow crops. A lot of the crops are used for subsistence.