Although al Ansar, the Muslims of Madinah, were agriculturalists, they were needed back home to tend their own gardens and orchards.
For an hour the guests rode past carefully tended farms and orchards toward a line of wooded hills, and speculation was rife as to the exact location of the Palace of Love.
Road access to timber in the mountains and pasturage for stock were important, as were carefully tended crops, gardens and orchards.
On Karr's left, they tended orchards of mysterious, squid-like bushes.
A5 Fighting in Kashmir Artillery shells bombarded Indian territory in Kashmir, scattering farmers who had returned to tend orchards that were abandoned during weeks of fighting.
The area is sparsely populated by nomads and by farmers who tend small orchards.
I remember we tended perfect orchards and caught sparkling rainbow trout in the river.
He studied the road and the dwellings, their neatly tended gardens and orchards that had already fruited and been picked, with the trees' leaves graying for winter.
Ibrahim abhorred begging and worked tirelessly for his livelihood, often grinding corn or tending orchards.
That's where he was born, the only child of poor farmers who made wine and tended orchards.