text; un: noctgar

[eluci]

Name: Noctis Lucis Caelum
Date: backdated to 8/25
Format: Text/also open to action in the shopping area of the city


Say someone wanted to take up gardening but has never grown anything before. What advice would you give them to start?

[He's not bothering to add 'for a friend' or anything, and just vaguely hiding that he's asking for himself.]

Comments

Text, un: Linden Tailor

[hearthebell]

If there's a faun around, everything is just going to grow better as a general rule. You should consider Bonding with one, or at least making really good friends.

[eluci]

Noted. i don't think i know any fauns yet.

[hearthebell]

[L's glad to share what he knows, but... the undeniable anxiety admittedly exists. This person can't have his faun.]

Aren't they some of the more common monsters in Aefenglom? They're friendly, too.

[To the point where they'd even give him the time of day.]

un:ma voice

[stopfen]

It depends on what they want to grow. Normally... Here they'd have to check to make sure the plant won't try to eat them once it's grown.

[eluci]

Fruits, mostly. Berries. Flowers would be nice, too.

Veggies too, i guess.

[stopfen]

You're going to have to be more specific...Growing apples is very different to strawberries.

[eluci]

Strawberries. Nothing that grows on trees, unless someone knows a way to make them grow quickly.

[stopfen]

That's a good one to start with, they're not fussy. Just make sure the berries can't touch the ground when their growing.

[eluci]

Noted. Strawberries can't touch the ground.

[stopfen]

[There's a hum.]

Oh, there's a plant here that looks a lot like strawberries. But the berries can move on their own, make sure which ones you get.

[Might have done that.]

text -> voice

[eluci]

[Well then.]

Uh. That's--I've been here over a year and that's still weird to me. What's the difference between them?

[stopfen]

The writing on the package...If you can read the words they use in shops. [Because she didn't use a latin alphabet, she had no chance of reading it.]

Or asking, now you're aware of it.

text; un: kingsglaive

[nyxulric]

Didn't peg you for much a gardener, your highness.

[eluci]

Thought i'd try something new. Can't hurt, right?

[nyxulric]

Better than getting yourself into trouble.
Unless those weeds start up or something.

[eluci]

[Bold of you to assume he can't get in trouble by growing plants.]

I can handle weeds.

[nyxulric]

[ Who's assuming? ]

I'd hope so.
What are you looking to grow?

[eluci]

Fruit and flowers. Maybe herbs.

Whatever doesn't die.

[nyxulric]

Guess that's a good enough start.
Might want to hurry it up before winter comes though.

[eluci]

I'm trying.

You can grow flowers inside. So long as they get sun and enough water.

[nyxulric]

True.
So guess flowers is your best bet?

un: cherrypit

[polterguide]

Well, I got lucky and ended up a faun, so I'm not sure how much advice I can give...

I would recommend being careful with what you get, though. Don't plant anything like mint or kudzu.

[eluci]

Why not mint?

[polterguide]

It has a tendency to take over the land and grow out of control. So unless you want a lot of mint, don't plant it in your garden.

[eluci]

[Note to self: grow all the mint.]

Noted. And what's kudzu?

[polterguide]

A horrible beast of a plant. If not properly kept at back it can overtake entire forests and buildings.

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[clickclickbang]

dude

a book

[eluci]

Dude

Duh

[clickclickbang]

I'm just sayin that's a good place to start without the internet

I miss the internet

I miss memes

text; un: kaede

[long_live_the_queen]

pick something that's hard to kill first

otherwise you'll just end up disappointed

[What no she's not speaking from personal experience or anything.]

[eluci]

Someone else suggested berries.

And I kept a catnip plant for a while.

[It may or may not have gotten eaten.]

[long_live_the_queen]

[oh are we talking about drugs]

pink honeysuckle is easy to grow. it's pretty and smells nice

[And the Aef-equivalent Tatarian honeysuckle conveniently hits her like catnip without being as incriminating!]

takes over like a weed if you're not careful though

[eluci]

[We are now. But just the legal ones.]

Geez, there's a lot of things that'll take over if you're not careful.

text; (un: aragaki)

[hoboagogo]

[good way to summon EVERY FAUN with this message!!]

the covens actually got some classes sometimes
monsters can go too but they kinda look at you funny

[Also he ended up having his eyes glaze over and didn't actually learn anything but he tried???]

anyway better to start with something kinda established instead of only seeds, especially if you dont got any magic to help it
then you can actually get used to taking care of it
they all like different kinds and types of light and water so talk to the person you get it from to figure it out
if you want fruit it usually takes a few years to start producing any but like people up there said, talk to a faun and they can kinda speed things up for you
or maybe like a witch who does plants

[eluci]

[Good! All the fauns.]

I'm used to getting weird looks from people, so i can deal with that np.

[He almost typed 'I'm a monster' but that sounded so weird in his head.]

I know some witches but dunno if they're any good with plants.

well one might be.

un: ALPHYS

[textsfromhotland]

[The faun signal is still summoning them!]

oh hey have you gone to the community garden yet? theres almost always somebody there who can give you tips on stuff!