Companion Plants

[rix_scaedu]

I wrote the first of ankewehner's paid prompts to her prompt '"I didn't expect those to grow in fields" (or "on trees" or "on vines" or something like that)'. This story came in at 800 words.

“I’ve heard of companion planting, of course,” said Fulgrind as he surveyed the fields before them. “My mother and wife both do it in the garden, mainly marigolds

Comments

[tuftears]

This does seem a bit worrisome for all concerned. ;)

[rix_scaedu]

It does, doesn't it?

[kelkyag]

The lack of thinking things through here is extremely alarming, indeed.

[rix_scaedu]

Indeed. One wonders about the details of the Uppsala thing.

[sauergeek]

The black peach/dragon protector project is so poorly thought out that I wonder if there is something deliberate hidden underneath. (Then again, "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" probably operates here, so it could just be excitement over development of the black peaches may well have blinded the Doctor Professor to the possible consequences.)

[rix_scaedu]

And the cleverness of his protection idea!

And Uppsala just proved how small minded some people can be while also proving that others will stop at nothing to steal his work...