SEEDS

To prepare for eating bread, we first till the earth. The grass grows strong, with weeds too, so in want of bread, we plant a cover crop, with many practical purposes. Six months later, when the soil isn’t so wet that the tractor will get stuck (because the tractor WILL get stuck), we mow the young cover crop and turn it with some kind of machinery, or a well-fed and complimented crew of friends with sharp hoes!

Now we’re really getting hungry for a taste of bread. With hands full of barley and wheat, we throw seeds through the air either with ease or great vigor - let your character decide what style of broadcast seeding fits you best. Cover the upturned earth evenly (about 25 seeds per square foot). Keep an eye out for birds perching on nearby telephone wires - turning the earth is enough to get them curious even without the grain bribe.

The seeds need to find a way beneath the surface, up to an inch or so deep. What worked well for us was this: a piece of fence weighed down with five pavers chained behind a small tractor. One last pass over the sewn ground and a prayer for rain later.

A piece of toast you want? We’ve only just sewn seed and it’s March 25th. Maybe we’ll have bread in 6 months friend.