Hi Lawrence, Hill is used to describe the place when planting a vegetable. After putting the seed in the soil, you scrape up dirt around all sides to make a little hill.:-) Common for potatoes.:-)

Hi Lawrence, This is an extract from Little House on the Prairie, and in the context, hill has it's usual meaning. We are asked to imagine he has finished planting corn in one field, and the next field is on a different hill. 'stepped on' in this extract means 'walked' By the way it should be 'Pa' stepped on TO plant the next hill :)