As one shall sow so shall he reap. Sow them sparsely to cultivate strong seedlings. He states that they paused each year to sow and harvest grain. As for crops, it was expected for men to sow and women to harvest. One sow and her piglets can produce ten tonnes of slurry a year. Growers in tropical areas can sow seed at any time of the year. He that kills a breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He instead ordered his people to sow crops and build fishing weirs for the colony. The plant may self sow, therefore to produce new plants. The smaller whirlpools around this Old Sow are known as "Piglets". Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards. There, Gregory met the emperor and may have tried to sow dissension amongst his ranks. Village farmers typically sow in concentric circles around the farm. Similarly, recognition between the sow and her piglets is by olfactory and vocal cues. They say they are weighing a sow.