Dancing Tides (63 page)

“G
otta
a
dmit,”
A
b
b
y
s
a
i
d
,
“H
e
h
a
s
g
r
ea
t t
a
ste
w
h
e
n
it
c
om
e
s to s
e
nding
bud
s
.”

L
ike
a
n
y
fe
m
a
l
e
,
K
ee
g
a
n
stu
c
k
h
e
r
nose
into the
f
l
are
d p
e
t
a
ls
a
nd inh
a
l
e
d t
h
e
fr
a
g
ra
nt blooms b
ef
o
r
e
a
g
ree
i
n
g
,
“
Cl
a
s
s
y
g
e
stu
re
, Co
r
d
B
e
nn
e
tt, v
e
r
y
c
l
a
s
s
y
,
e
v
e
n if
y
ou
a
r
e
c
ra
z
y
a
s a loon.”

T
he
o
r
g
a
nic
far
m Co
r
d
m
a
n
a
g
e
d
a
nd th
a
t the
H
a
rr
i
ses
o
w
n
e
d, sp
r
e
a
d out ov
e
r
t
we
n
t
y
-
f
ive
acre
s
o
f
the
most
f
er
tile
f
a
r
ml
a
nd C
a
li
f
o
r
nia
h
a
d to
o
ffer
. S
e
t h
i
g
h on m
a
j
e
st
i
c
c
li
ff
s ov
e
r
looking the
P
ac
i
f
ic
O
c
ea
n
a
nd s
h
o
re
lin
e
, the
f
ar
m
N
i
c
k
a
n
d
J
o
r
d
a
n
Harr
is h
a
d inh
e
r
it
e
d
fr
om
E
dmund
Ta
gg
er
t the
p
r
e
vious
fa
ll,
h
a
d
c
ome
a
lo
n
g
w
a
y
.
W
ith n
e
w
o
w
n
er
ship h
a
d
c
ome
a
n in
f
lux
of
n
e
w id
ea
s.
W
ith n
e
w
id
ea
s
a
n
d the
b
ac
kb
r
ea
ki
n
g
w
o
r
k
fr
om one
Co
r
d
B
e
nn
e
tt,
Ta
gg
er
t
O
r
g
a
nic
F
ar
ms h
a
d not just su
r
vi
v
e
d
E
dmund
’
s d
ea
th, it h
a
d th
r
iv
e
d.

F
or
on
e
, t
h
e
y
h
a
d
a
lmost
doubl
e
d th
e
ir
sto
c
k of
H
o
lst
e
in
a
nd
J
er
s
e
y
c
r
oss b
ree
ds
f
r
om
f
i
f
t
ee
n to t
we
n
t
y
-
f
ou
r
.
M
o
r
e
c
o
w
s m
e
a
nt p
r
odu
c
i
n
g
mo
r
e
milk,
w
hi
c
h in tu
r
n, h
a
d th
e
m s
er
vi
n
g mo
r
e
c
ustom
er
s,
a
nd thu
s
, in
crea
si
n
g
th
e
ir
p
r
o
f
its.
Grea
t
e
r
p
r
o
f
its m
ea
nt th
e
y
c
ould po
u
r
mo
r
e mon
e
y
b
ac
k into the
f
ar
m.

O
ne
w
a
y
w
a
s to m
a
ke
t
h
e
pl
ac
e
a
t
o
t
a
l
l
y
g
ra
ss
f
ed
op
era
tion,
r
ot
a
ti
n
g
p
a
st
u
r
e
l
a
nd.
T
h
e
y
a
lso h
a
d pl
a
ns to build st
a
bili
z
e
d
wa
lk
w
a
y
s so t
h
e
c
o
w
s
w
ould n
e
v
e
r
h
a
ve
t
o
wa
lk in mud th
a
t mi
g
ht
cr
e
a
te
c
on
t
a
min
a
tion p
r
obl
e
ms.
A
t one
time
af
t
e
r
h
e’
d
f
i
r
st
g
ott
e
n h
e
re
, Co
r
d h
a
d
w
o
r
k
e
d
w
ith
N
i
c
k to pl
a
n a
sol
a
r
-
po
were
d
wa
t
er
i
n
g
s
y
st
e
m
,
a
long
w
ith a
m
a
nu
r
e
l
a
goon,
a
nd n
e
w
c
u
r
bin
g
.

I
t
w
a
s
a
ll p
re
t
t
y
st
a
nd
a
r
d
stu
f
f
f
or
a
n
o
r
g
a
nic
o
p
er
a
tion.

Ear
l
y
on, Co
r
d h
a
d
e
x
p
r
e
ss
e
d int
ere
st in in
cr
e
a
sing
the
si
z
e
of
th
e
ir
a
l
re
a
d
y
v
a
st v
e
g
e
t
a
ble
g
a
r
d
e
n.
T
h
e
y
a
l
r
e
a
d
y
p
ac
k
a
g
e
d
a
nd sold th
e
ir
a
b
u
nd
a
nt
cr
ops of
k
a
l
e
, spin
ac
h,
c
arr
ots, b
r
o
cc
oli, s
wee
t
c
o
r
n,
a
nd
f
ive
di
f
f
e
re
nt v
ar
i
e
ti
e
s
o
f
l
e
ttu
ce
,
t
o a
v
ar
i
e
t
y
of
h
ea
lth
f
ood
sto
re
s
a
nd
g
r
o
c
e
r
y
c
h
a
ins up
a
nd do
w
n the
we
st
c
o
a
st.