Harvest Riddles: 30 Fall Farm Riddles with Answers

I have eyes but I can’t see. I grow under the ground, and you can mash me, bake me or fry me. What am I?

I’m a field full of fruit trees planted in neat rows. In the fall, families visit me with baskets to pick apples. What am I?

I’m orange and pointy. I grow underground with leafy green hair sticking up, and rabbits love to crunch me. What am I?

I’m woven from thin strips of wood or straw, and I have a handle. At harvest time, I’m filled to the top with apples and vegetables. What am I?

I have one wheel, two handles and a big tub in front. Push me across the farm to carry heavy loads of potatoes. What am I?

I’m a big farm building where animals sleep, tools are stored, and the harvest stays dry when it rains. What am I?

In an old story, I found some wheat seeds, planted them, cut the wheat and baked bread. Nobody would help me, so nobody else got to eat it. Who am I?

I’m a fall holiday when families in the United States and Canada share a big meal and say what they’re grateful for. What am I?

All fall, I bury nuts in the ground to eat in winter. I forget where some of them are, and those grow into new trees. What am I?

I’m a grape that sat out in the sun until I got small, wrinkly and extra sweet. What am I?

Squeeze a big pile of fall apples in a press and out comes me: a cloudy, sweet drink that’s often served warm with cinnamon. What am I?

I’m a giant machine that cuts the wheat, shakes the grain loose and blows away the leftovers, all in one trip across the field. My name says I put several jobs together. What am I?

I’m a tall, round tower standing next to the barn, filled to the top with grain or animal feed. What am I?

I grow on low vines in sandy bogs. At harvest time, farmers flood the bog with water, and I float to the top because I have tiny pockets of air inside. What am I?

I’m a curly horn spilling over with fruit, vegetables and grain, and my name means “horn of plenty.” What am I?

Before there were machines, harvesters tied cut stalks of wheat into bundles and stood them up in the field to dry. What is one of those bundles called?

I’m called a nut, but I’m really a legume, like a pea or a bean. I don’t grow on a tree. I grow underground. What am I?

In one of Aesop’s fables, one insect works all summer storing food while another sings and plays. When winter comes, which insect has plenty to eat?

Cut an apple across its middle instead of from top to bottom, and you’ll find a shape hidden inside. What is it?

At harvest time, a smart farmer doesn’t eat or sell every last bit of the crop. She saves some of me, dry and safe in a jar, to plant next spring. What am I?

At this Chinese harvest festival, families gather under the full moon and share round pastries called mooncakes. What is the festival called?

Count the rows of kernels around an ear of corn and you’ll find 12, 14, 16 or 18, but never 15. Why?

I’m a long, curved blade on a long wooden handle. Farmers swung me side to side to cut grain long before there were machines. What am I?

Farmers used to toss threshed wheat into the air on a windy day. The heavy grain fell straight back down, and the light, papery husks blew away. What are those husks called?

During this week-long Jewish harvest festival, families eat their meals in a hut built outdoors, with a roof of branches loose enough to see the stars through. What is the festival called?

This harvest festival in southern India shares its name with a sweet rice dish. The rice is boiled until it bubbles over the top of the pot, a sign of a year of plenty. What is it called?

I’m the full moon that comes right after the harvest moon. Long ago, my light helped people hunt and store up food for the winter. What am I called?

In which country is Thanksgiving celebrated on the second Monday of October, more than a month before Thanksgiving in the United States?

A farmer picks 120 apples. She gives a third of them to her neighbor, then bakes half of what’s left into pies. How many apples are left for snacking?

It takes 5 farmers 5 hours to pick 5 rows of beans. How long would it take 10 farmers to pick 10 rows?