home turf harvest

"You're welcome!" She responded brightly with a little wag of her tail. Gathering with company was always better (and more productive) than gathering alone. Maybe Belle would like to meet again in the fall for collecting herbs of a different season? Eris hoped she might.

"Oh, yes! You've spotted it," she said gratefully, sniffing carefully at the berries. This was certainly it! But Belle posed a good question - how was she going to gather the dangerous plant? Eris sniffed at the roots of the plant. It was small and shriveling in the heat. "Perhaps we could dig the whole thing up? Grab it by the roots and dirt?" She offered. The plant was native here, so it was bound to appear in other parts of the forest, but it might be nice to have it closer to home. "But... to split it," Eris pondered, wondering how Belle could take her share.

"Well, you did most of the work. How about we dig it up, and then maybe find a large leaf? If you grab the berries with the leaf wrapped around them in your mouth, that may work. I only need a few of them, and you can keep the plant," She suggested. Belle could replant it wherever she wished, and maybe Eris could visit every now and again for the berries.