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The term HARVEST

shaggygirl — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 13:07:48 GMT

Do any of you ladies use the term Harvest? As in "I'm going to start putting out some Harvest decorations." Or do you say Fall? Or Autumn? Or Thanksgiving? Or what? Just curious because I'd never heard anyone use that term until Valerie. Maybe it's quite common to use Harvest in some parts of the country, just not in my neck of the woods.

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GinzTonic — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:03:11 GMT

I say fall.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:10:41 GMT

I use the term "harvest" when it comes to decorating for the Fall. I use it interchangeably with Fall and Autumn because they mean the same thing. I'm a bit flabbergasted, unless there's a language issue here. Traditionally, crops were "harvested" in the Fall so fall was and still is referred to as the Harvest season. I use Fall or Harvest because I don't do a Halloween thing. My Fall/autimn/harvest decor is pumpkins and gourds and fall leaves and oranges and golds and yellows. It goes up in September and lasts through Thanksgiving, which is an Fall holiday.

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withaK — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:15:18 GMT

I say Fall....but I have said Harvest when describing something e.g. a pumpkin arrangement or scarecrows with haybales . So I guess its a Harvest theme but I have Fall decor ? Sorry girls --- my coffee should be kicking in by now !!! lol

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shaggygirl — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:26:11 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
I use the term "harvest" when it comes to decorating for the Fall. I use it interchangeably with Fall and Autumn because they mean the same thing. I'm a bit flabbergasted, unless there's a language issue here. Traditionally, crops were "harvested" in the Fall so fall was and still is referred to as the Harvest season. I use Fall or Harvest because I don't do a Halloween thing. My Fall/autimn/harvest decor is pumpkins and gourds and fall leaves and oranges and golds and yellows. It goes up in September and lasts through Thanksgiving, which is an Fall holiday.

You're flabbergasted because I've never heard of the word Harvest being used in relation to home decor? I'm not a mensa member but of course I know about harvesting in relation to crops. Just not that word in relation to decorating for it.

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ValuSkr — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:32:19 GMT

I think everyone knows what harvest means. Valerie positions her Fall decor a little higher than all the rest when she refers to it as "harvest decor."

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Deree — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:34:35 GMT

I'm not a a farmer so I say fall but then I don't decorate for the seasons either

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chrystaltree — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:39:40 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
@chrystaltree wrote:
I use the term "harvest" when it comes to decorating for the Fall. I use it interchangeably with Fall and Autumn because they mean the same thing. I'm a bit flabbergasted, unless there's a language issue here. Traditionally, crops were "harvested" in the Fall so fall was and still is referred to as the Harvest season. I use Fall or Harvest because I don't do a Halloween thing. My Fall/autimn/harvest decor is pumpkins and gourds and fall leaves and oranges and golds and yellows. It goes up in September and lasts through Thanksgiving, which is an Fall holiday.
You're flabbergasted because I've never heard of the word Harvest being used in relation to home decor? I'm not a mensa member but of course I know about harvesting in relation to crops. Just not that word in relation to decorating for it.

I meant in terms of decorating because Harvest is used in sales and magazines and catalogs everywhere and always has been. In the same way that we see Yuletide when we are discussing the Christmas season.

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151949 — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:48:03 GMT

When a person speaks , as long as you understand what they are trying to communicate, what does it matter what word they use?

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Sooner — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:01:47 GMT

@Deree wrote:
I'm not a a farmer so I say fall but then I don't decorate for the seasons either

My dad farmed and grew a thousand acres of soy beans that were "harvested" in the fall, but we never said "harvest." It was referred to as simply "combining beans" and that was that! Never heard the word "harvest." In the spring, we "cut wheat."

Interesting topic! I do know some in northwest Oklahoma where they grow a lot of wheat (too dry for soy beans) and have to have way more land because the wheat is not as thick, where teams of people with combines come through following the ripening wheat, and they talk about "harvest" but we lived in another part of Oklahoma and we owned our own combine so it was just cutting wheat.

The cutter bar under the big rolling header cuts the wheat off and then it is scooped up into the machine by the header and stalks and grains are separated, chaff comes out the back and is cup up by a rotating cutter and the wheat is stored in the big bin on the combine and comes out the pipe on the side when it unloads into a truck. Sometime the truck drives by the combine as it is cutting.

With soy beans, it isn't "cutting them" because they are cut but also the main action is the stalks are dry so they crumble and break and are swept up by the rolling header into the machine and stalks and beans are then separated as is the wheat. Combines are not cheap to buy I might add! Farming in an expensive hobby (a joke sometimes ruefully said by a lot of farmers who depend on weather and God for a living).

TMI? Probably! Anyway you can look online and see a combine working probably. I always loved that! Fun to watch all the action!

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Ms tyrion2 — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:59:55 GMT

I use both the term harvest and fall to describe my autumnal (there's another word for you!) decorating.

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shaggygirl — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:01:06 GMT

@151949 wrote:
When a person speaks , as long as you understand what they are trying to communicate, what does it matter what word they use?

Is it a crime for me to be curious about whether or not a term being used is a regional thing being that in all my years, of which I've lived many, she's the only one I ever heard use it in relation to decorating. Geez Louise!

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SilleeMee — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:12:01 GMT

When I hear the word harvest then images of things gathered from a field come to my mind. Some of these things people use to decorate their homes during the fall season. For example pumpkins, dried leaves and grasses.

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shaggygirl — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:17:54 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
When I hear the word harvest then images of things gathered from a field come to my mind. Some of these things people use to decorate their homes during the fall season. For example pumpkins, dried leaves and grasses.

And the first thing I think of when decorating for fall is pots of chrysanthemums on my front steps. Yellows, golds, & purples.

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esmeraldagooch — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:36:09 GMT

I only hear that term from farmer friends. This includes pearl farmers.

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haddon9 — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:46:19 GMT

There's a good restaurant near me called "Harvest Seasonal Grill" that we go to often....but no I don't use the term for decorating.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:52:11 GMT

"Harvest" is the name of a set of Temp-tations dinnerware I own. Soon, I will be putting out my harvest dishes! They have acorns and falling leaves on them; the palette is brown, orange, yellow, and green.

They are not to be confused with the "Fallfetti" dishes I'm using now. Same color palette, different pattern.🍁🐿

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hennypenny — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 16:12:28 GMT

I don't haul out any "decorations" until Halloween.

I'd go nuts if I had to have bins of fall stuff too.

The only time I have heard "harvest decorations" is when Valerie says it.

The only time I use the word is when I go and "harvest" the few piddly veggies I have in my garden.

@Sooner, I was fascinated by your story. Thank you!

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lovesrecess — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 16:41:25 GMT

We use the term fall to refer to the cooler weather. Harvest time and Autumn come with fall. Whatever term you use...it's my favorite time of year.

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SahmIam — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 17:02:22 GMT

Fall is the term I use.

Harvest, to me, is when the farm begins to wind up and pull in the crops and harvest (verb) the food, hay, etc that they've worked on all season. The harvest is the big deal and nothing but hard labor. Many school districts shut down as the many help their families not only on their own land but earn money as extra hands on other farms.It isn't a decorating term in any way. That said, I understand that many think of Fall and Autumn when they hear the word harvest so, there it is.

Farming were and are the occupations of my Daddy growing up and those in his family.