The varieties of fruits and vegetables growing around the garden already in the early growing season was very surprising. The party had been less observant of this since they were not used to the way a farm would grow. Gil''s mother had set everything up so that the nts that grew were in specific cycles. Some would give them food for the early season while others that took longer to grow would have the time to mature properly and give them foodter. It was perfect to always have something fresh and newing from the garden.


    ''Ice flowering cabbage


    This is a very slow growing form of cabbage. In the warmer months, it will start to sprout from a single root. It grows an inch a week until the first snowfall when it begins to grow rapidly. Within one month of the colder season, it will bloom in to a full head of tough cabbage perfect for boiling and stuffing.''


    ''Micro greens


    A variety of small greens that grow very fast. They aremonly nted in less wealthy families because a batch of them can grow in one week. They provide minimal nutrition and require minimal care. If they were not cultivated by farmers for many years they would be weeds.''


    ''Moss capped mushrooms


    The moss capped mushroom is not one nt but two. The mushroom can not grow without the moss that lives on top of it. The moss provides valuable light elemental mana to the mushroom in turn for earth elemental mana. The two grow together and have a very nutritious fortitude when added to any stew or soup.''


    "There are even more nts thanst week. I think Gil''s mother must have gone to the markets and hunted out more things to fill the garden with." Walker noticed the various fruits like the strawberries just starting to grow. They needed to be seeded every year but it was already done and prepared.


    "I can see the quality within the work that is done here. I can not say that any of the dragon viges have such a care for farming. Most of the dragonkin hunt for the vige leaving produce to be minimal. I would not mind to mix more in to the meals prepared." Mordant felt that the focus on meat only was a potential loss for his taste buds. He strongly remembered the meal that had happened at the end of the royal dragon court meeting exceeding what had happened in previous events.


    Mordant proceeded to follow his nose until he found the young dragon fruit tree. He looked at it expecting it to be bigger. Yet, he could tell that it was already growing to a much higher quality than it normally would if cared for anywhere else. The dragon fruit had been attempted to be grown within the dragonkin viges. Unfortunately, they had been a failure. Dragons were very skilled in very specific things. One of which was not farming. They were better off in battle and activities that required great strength. They had a very high potential for instinctual magic skills like their elemental breath skills since their bodies literally developed to use them.


    "When I managed to obtain it, I took the seeds from the dragon fruit. I fed it to Midnight when she was much smaller. She heated up and had to rest for a while to undergo whatever changes urred within her body. From there we slowly built this garden. It''s been a few seasons now and the garden is fairly developed. I can''t say what wille next. There is a lot of space for growth." Walker pointed to the untilled corners where many nts could expand or be nted in.


    "There is also very strong mana here. I can feel it clearly. Do you have any runes formations around?" Mordant had already spotted some pieces of fabric around certain areas. They had runes on them which made him wonder what they were for.


    "There are water spikes which use water elemental runes to keep things watered. Then my sister has learned to sew elemental runes in to fabrics to sell in her shop. She is a seamstress and when I went to the forest elf city I brought home rune sewn fabrics. She uses needles made from Midnight''s shed baby scales. They are the perfectbination to make those." The rune fabrics that Walker pointed at were a new addition. Some caused slight breezes while others had earth runes on them to assist the breakdown of fertilizer. Gil''s mother had worked closely with Lisa to make this all happen.


    "A very interesting use for shed scales. We rarely put them to use since they are weaker than the scales of our current bodies. Some of the dragonkin will make armor from them but we have better materials around us in my viges. I wonder what I can get by offering them to your market." Mordant tested the waters with this.


    "Plenty, but I would speak to the crafting guild alone. They would get you whatever you want for them. Dragon scales, even broken ones from shedding would help them a lot. One of my friends who works there was stuck on a quest to forge something with dragon scales. It was a steep qualification for him to keep improving. However, with the way he has started learning new things and taking over duties, I would say it was more than equal a price to pay." Walker remembered Rodney and the strong attitude for growth that Rodney possessed. If anyone could rise in the crafting guild it would be him.


    "Then I will keep that in mind. I believe I will be trading with your city sooner than you may expect. There were many things I desire to have that your city has gathered. But we can save those talkies forter. I will handle them. You mentioned having a pleasant meal?" Mordant would take the negotiations on himself. He did not want to put weight on Walker''s shoulder and bow to him. It would show weakness. Just because he had rxed a little did not mean that he could let go of all tradition.


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