1. 熟食焖烂，一天斤半。

1. Cooked food is simmered to a soft texture, consuming half a kilogram per day.

2. 锄草不论遍，越锄越好看。

2. The more weeding we do, the more beautiful the garden becomes.

3. 种在犁上，收在锄上。

3. Sown on the plow, harvested on the hoe.

4. 把草把料马没饱，草料半槽顶住了。

4. The hay and feed did not satisfy the horses; half of the槽 was filled with grass and feed.

5. 早锄地暖，深锄不板，多锄旱涝双保险。

5. Early plowing makes the soil warm, deep plowing prevents soil hardening, and frequent plowing ensures both drought and flood resistance.

6. 高粱稠了难通风，秸倒粒瘪减收成。

6. Sorghum becomes dense and difficult to ventilate, causing the straw to fall and the grains to become flattened, reducing the yield.

7. 没有砖瓦难盖楼，没有草料难喂牛。

7. Without bricks and tiles, it's hard to build a house; without forage, it's hard to feed the cattle.

8. 立夏日鸣雷，早稻害虫多。

8. On the Day of the Summer Solstice, if there is thunder, there will be many pests affecting the early rice crops.

9. 季节到立夏，先种黍子后种麻。

9. From the season of the beginning of summer solstice, plant millet first and then hemp.

10. 立夏三日正锄田。

10. On the third day of Lixia (Start of Summer), it's time to till the fields.

11. 猪吃百样草，发酵喂更好。

11. Pigs eat a variety of grass, and fermentation makes it even better.

12. 牛猪细草料，骡马囫囵粮。

12. Fine feed for cows and pigs, whole grain for mules and horses.

13. 多带老娘土，阴水两把捂。

13. Carry more of your mother's earth, and hold the two handfuls of Yin water.

14. 长拉套，短驾辕。

14. Long whip, short yoke.

15. 草荒荒一时，苗荒荒一季。

15. When grass is barren for a time, seedlings are barren for a season.

16. 夏天不锄地，冬天饿肚皮。

16. If you don't hoe the fields in summer, you'll starve in winter.

17. 小时治不净，大了就有抗药性。

17. If not cured in time, it will develop drug resistance when it grows up.

18. 不稀不稠庄稼旺，秋收到来粮满仓。

18. Not too thin, not too thick, the crops thrive; in autumn, the harvest comes, and the granary is full.

19. 寸草铡三刀，无料也上膘。

19. Even if grass is chopped into three pieces, it can still fatten up without any feed.

20. 立夏天气凉，麦子收得强。

20. The weather is cool on the Day of the Summer Solstice, and the wheat is harvested abundantly.

21. 立夏的玉米谷雨的谷。

21. Corn in the beginning of summer, wheat during the Grain in Rain.

22. 苗要好，除虫早。

22. To ensure a good crop, start pest control early.

23. 猪要喂好，窝干食饱。

23. Feed the pigs well, and ensure their pens are dry and they are well-fed.

24. 移苗要保活，必须带泥坨。

24. When transplanting seedlings, it is necessary to keep them alive, and it is essential to carry the soil ball with them.

25. 苗子补严，间定莫慢。

25. Cultivate the seedlings with rigor, and do not delay in establishing the spacing.

26. 立夏小满青蛙叫，雨水也将到。

26. When the Summer Solstice arrives and the Grain in Ear season begins, frogs start to croak, and the Rain Water season is not far behind.

27. 立夏不热，五谷不结。

27. If the day of the Summer Solstice is not hot, the five grains will not germinate.

28. 种地要三壮：人壮、地壮、牲口壮。

28. Farming requires three strengths: people strong, land strong, and livestock strong.

29. 不怕使十天，就怕猛三赶。

29. It's not the fear of working for ten days, but the fear of pushing too hard in just three days.

30. 垄里有根草，好似毒蛇咬。?>

30. There's a weed in the ridge, as if it's bitten by a毒蛇. ?

31. 立夏东风到，麦子水里涝。

31. When the summer solstice arrives, the east wind blows, and the wheat is flooded in the water.

32. 一日刷三刷，强如喂芝麻。

32. Brushing three times a day is as strong as feeding sesame seeds.

33. 小麦开花，蚂蚱跳打。

33. Wheat is in bloom, grasshoppers are jumping around.

34. 把草把料，牲口欢跳。

34. Gather the grass and feed, the livestock leap with joy.

35. 牛要喂饱，马要夜草。

35. Feed the cows well, and give the horses their night feed.

36. 清明秫秫谷雨花，立夏前后栽地瓜。

36. During Qingming, the millet and sorghum are planted, and sweet potatoes are sown before and after the Solstice of Summer.

37. 立夏栽稻子，小满种芝麻。

37. Plant rice seedlings on the Day of the Summer Solstice, and plant sesame seeds during the Grain in Ear season.

38. 棉花不要多，三千六百棵。

38. Don't plant too much cotton, just 3,600 trees.

39. 立夏到小满，种啥也不晚。

39. From the Beginning of Summer to the Grain in Ear, it's not too late to plant anything.

40. 立夏汗湿身，当日大雨淋。

40. On the day of the Summer Solstice, one sweats through the night, and the next day, it rains heavily.

41. 锄板响，庄稼长。

41. The hoe's sound, the crops grow.

42. 谷茎圆，莠茎扁，莠草脆硬，谷叶绵。

42. The grains are round, the weeds are flat, the weed stems are brittle and hard, and the grain leaves are soft and fluffy.

43. 碗豆立了夏，一夜一个权。

43. The pea plant has reached its summer stage, and it produces a pod each night.

44. 见草锄草工夫到，才能保证收成好。

44. Only with meticulous weeding can one ensure a good harvest.

45. 同样草，同样料，不同喂法不同膘。

45. The same grass, the same feed, but different feeding methods lead to different fatness.

46. 夏日下雨，夏至少雨。

46. It rains in summer, and summer is least rainy.

47. 要想虫害少，除尽田边草。

47. To reduce pest problems, thoroughly remove the grass around the fields.

48. 稀留密，密留稀，不稀不密留壮的。

48. Keep the sparse areas dense, and the dense areas sparse; leave the areas that are neither sparse nor dense to be robust.

49. 先栽浅，后栽深，春秧就插三五根。

49. First plant shallowly, then plant deeply, for spring rice, plant three or five seeds per hill.

50. 寸麦不怕尺水，尺麦却怕寸水。

50. A 50-inch wheat plant does not fear a 1-inch deep water, but a 1-inch wheat plant fears even a 50-inch deep water.

51. 要想吃小米，谷子羊屙屎。

51. If you want to eat millet, the goat excretes the grain.

52. 立夏种姜，夏至收娘。

52. Plant ginger on the Summer Solstice, harvest the mother (female) on the day of the Summer Solstice.