Continued from here.
Vhalar 15, Arc 721
“I’ve been thinking about where exactly we should plant the grapes”, Devin remarked as he walked through the front door of Smooglenuff Manor, Mrs. Adams, Miranda and the five trainees from Cally’s in tow. There was a wide smile on his face, and his tone of voice was extraordinary cheerful because he loved walking in front of a group of people and leading them and working on projects that would make the Barony (and him!) even more famous.
Being a baron, he decided, as he moved down the gravel-covered path, towards the garden, was awesome. In fact, he had never been so happy and content in his entire life!
“I think that we should plant the first batch of grapes inside the wall so that the local wildlife doesn’t eat them”, he decided and briefly furrowed his brow as he tried to remember if there actually were any wild animals that ate fruit on Faldrass. Scalvoris, he decided, was full of strange creatures. There were very likely some that wanted to do nothing more than to steal his grapes and eat them – or destroy them – among them.
Maybe there were even grape-stealing bandits!
“If we decide that we want more grapes, we can always create a second vineyard outside the wall next arc and put some sort of fence around it”, he continued and grinned as he pictured stalks upon stalks full of delicious grapes, as far as you could see. He would, he decided, establish the most famous vineyard in all of Idalos.
“There is a spot directly next to the garden where the grapes should be protected from the elements, but still get enough sunlight”, Miranda, the head maid, a small brown mouse cadouri that was also a gardener of some skill interjected in a somewhat shy tone of voice and added, “Grapes need a decent amount of sunlight.”
“Speaking of sunlight”, Devin remarked as he had just had a thought and abruptly plucked a couple of miniature sunflowers from a nearby flowerbed. He stuck one of them into his hair, next to the wine leaves because he really liked the color combination and handed the rest to the trainees. The pretty brown-haired woman giggled and blushed.
“Another gift, from me to my visitors”, he explained, grinned and bowed in a somewhat dramatic fashion.
“The volcanic soil of Faldrass is especially good for growing plants, as you can see”, Miranda said once everybody had been given a flower and gestured around the garden.
“So, it should likely be good for growing grapes as well”, Devin added and beamed at her.
“Exactly”, Miranda agreed, and her whiskers twitched a little.
Vhalar 15, Arc 721
“I’ve been thinking about where exactly we should plant the grapes”, Devin remarked as he walked through the front door of Smooglenuff Manor, Mrs. Adams, Miranda and the five trainees from Cally’s in tow. There was a wide smile on his face, and his tone of voice was extraordinary cheerful because he loved walking in front of a group of people and leading them and working on projects that would make the Barony (and him!) even more famous.
Being a baron, he decided, as he moved down the gravel-covered path, towards the garden, was awesome. In fact, he had never been so happy and content in his entire life!
“I think that we should plant the first batch of grapes inside the wall so that the local wildlife doesn’t eat them”, he decided and briefly furrowed his brow as he tried to remember if there actually were any wild animals that ate fruit on Faldrass. Scalvoris, he decided, was full of strange creatures. There were very likely some that wanted to do nothing more than to steal his grapes and eat them – or destroy them – among them.
Maybe there were even grape-stealing bandits!
“If we decide that we want more grapes, we can always create a second vineyard outside the wall next arc and put some sort of fence around it”, he continued and grinned as he pictured stalks upon stalks full of delicious grapes, as far as you could see. He would, he decided, establish the most famous vineyard in all of Idalos.
“There is a spot directly next to the garden where the grapes should be protected from the elements, but still get enough sunlight”, Miranda, the head maid, a small brown mouse cadouri that was also a gardener of some skill interjected in a somewhat shy tone of voice and added, “Grapes need a decent amount of sunlight.”
“Speaking of sunlight”, Devin remarked as he had just had a thought and abruptly plucked a couple of miniature sunflowers from a nearby flowerbed. He stuck one of them into his hair, next to the wine leaves because he really liked the color combination and handed the rest to the trainees. The pretty brown-haired woman giggled and blushed.
“Another gift, from me to my visitors”, he explained, grinned and bowed in a somewhat dramatic fashion.
“The volcanic soil of Faldrass is especially good for growing plants, as you can see”, Miranda said once everybody had been given a flower and gestured around the garden.
“So, it should likely be good for growing grapes as well”, Devin added and beamed at her.
“Exactly”, Miranda agreed, and her whiskers twitched a little.