lie fallow

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April Mayes: “The seed was sown. It would lie fallow for years, then germinate and grow until it finally flowered”, end quote.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

Many lie fallow, creating a niche for the non-native, fire-prone grass that now occupies 25 percent of the entire state.

From Slate • Aug. 11, 2023

During that time, the government could instead pay the various fishing interests not to fish, kind of like how we pay farmers to let fields lie fallow.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

While modern life can hardly allow for farmland to be left to lie fallow in order to rejuvenate, substantial environmental action is within our grasp.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2022

Each year, one field was allowed to lie fallow, and the other two would be planted with a crop different from the one planted there the year before.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz