[Palacrisis D Jones]

10th brightening of Summer ~Cryxatum~ Era XIV ~PLANTING.

The next two weeks were a constant dawn to dusk labour of ploughing weeding and manureing breaking down the rich soil to such a fine consistency that the delicate green plants could be planted out .the risk of frost had passed and Kallick was desperate to get the new young plants into the soil and to begin the period of growth.

The day dawned warm and bright and as arranged a great horde of labourers appeared at the gates of the estate for a brightenings or two labour and wages. Plus of course free beer and a plate of stew that one lad had remarked eee it were good, fair stuck to me ribs for a week.


The ploughed fields were ready for the planting and the planting began .spaced about two feet apart the seedlings were separated from the neighbouring row by a gap of three feet. The leaves on the seedlings were now about 2” long and this according to the various pamphlets on the subject that Kallick had read was the ideal size. It was back breaking work , a planter drove a hole in the ground with a dibber, a wooden pole, placed the seedling pressed it down fully into the hole and moved onto the next two feet to repeat the process. Following behind was a person who watered the seedling in. the day grew warmer as the lines of men worked the soil dib, plant and water. Lines of men were planting the precious seedlings like some automated line of zombies down up down up water .

By the end of the second day the forty acre estate was a green field of plants that had to be nurtured watered and protected by the workers. Birds and bugs were the enemy and a war of attrition was about to take place on the peaceful field of green plants!