Harvest at Dusk

Harvest

Harvesting is the process of collecting plants, animals, or fish as food, especially the process of gathering mature crops, and "the harvest" also refers to the collected crops. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulses for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, harvesting is the most labor-intensive activity of the growing season. On large mechanized farms, harvesting uses farm machinery, such as the combine harvester. Automation has increased the efficiency of both the seeding and harvesting processes. Specialized harvesting equipment, using conveyor belts for gentle gripping and mass transport, replaces the manual task of removing each seedling by hand. The term "harvesting" in general usage may include immediate postharvest handling, including cleaning, sorting, packing, and cooling.

Dusk

Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before nightfall. At predusk, during early to intermediate stages of twilight, enough light in the sky under clear conditions may occur to read outdoors without artificial illumination; however, at the end of civil twilight, such lighting is required to read outside. The term dusk usually refers to astronomical dusk, or the darkest part of twilight before night begins.

harvest

Noun

1. The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
2. The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.

Verb

1. To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
2. To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.

dusk

Adjective

1. Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Noun

1. The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
2. A darkish colour.