Not to be confused with
Sewing.
Planting of seeds or other propagules in the ground for germination
Simon Bening, Labors of the Months: September, from a Flemish Book of hours (Bruges)
Men sowing seed by hand in the 1940s
Manual sowing machine
Sowing is the process of planting seeds. An area that has had seeds planted in it will be described as a sowed or sown area.