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What is the relationship of the rainfall cycle to the cycle of grain agriculture in ancient Israel?
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Grain was planted during the rainy season so that there was moisture to germinate. Several types of grains were harvested during the dry season.
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Typically, April through mid-September would be a good growing season for grain with warmer temperatures rather than during the winter. However, during these five months of the year, the rain essentially ceases. So, to grow grain in Israel water must be stored during the rainy season to be used during the growing season. Unfortunately, these two seasons are opposite one another.
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The rainfall cycle is very important to to grain agriculture in order to feed the people in the Promised Land. The rainfall cycle is important because the rain can to stored through the water systems for future usage.
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The beginning of the rainfall cycle is also the beginning of the cycle of grain agriculture in ancient Israel. When water is being collected and stored, fields and being plowed and planted.
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With the rain comes the grain-growing cycle. The land is plowed, planted, and grain harvested at the end of the winter, when it starts drying.
