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Started by Abandoned, December 31, 2018, 08:37:44 AM

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Gatherer

24 net units of food per batch for an educated worker is not so shabby. We do need yearly output report per one worker though.
There's never enough deco stuff!!!
Fiat panis.

Abandoned

@Gatherer in next chapter a screenshot shows total corn for this year was 700 - the greenhouse was not producing from the beginning of this year.  In a later chapter I have a year total of 1736 with 2 workers for part of that year.  Two factors affect total, supply of materials delivered to compost heap and time and steady supply of compost to the greenhouse. My totals may be low.

Abandoned

#47
Chapter 13


  By spring of year 13 we had an herbalist build in the forest not far from the gatherer's tower and by late summer our overall health had improved to 100%.  Whether the improvement was due to the herbalist or the corn in our diets we did not know.  By early autumn our food surplus had greatly improved.

Our surplus of tools was very good but we could use more warm coats.  The blacksmith workshop was closed and the tailor went back to work.   By studying our inventory leaflets we saw we were low on leather.  Our campfire worker would have to watch for a nearby herd of reindeer.  Our surplus of onions was now low so we would compost vines instead.  We had no fruit.  We now had flour from our new mill.  The miller could make flour from corn, wheat, oats, or wild oats.

  We could build another greenhouse to grow strawberries but we did not have enough workers or compost to support another one.  We needed our grain.  Our solution was to use our Elven magic and mana crystals to summon food.   We would build a magical garden on the Crystal Canyon side of town.

Abandoned

#48
Chapter 14


  The magical garden and a house nearby were completed by late spring of year 14 and our magician went to work using crystals to cast spells to summon an assortment of fruits, nuts, and wild foods.  A magical mist hovered over the garden.  We would need to keep a close eye on our supply of Elven bows, when it got low our magician would have to return to the spell tower to replenish the supply.  We still had no workers to spare.

  Our food production was now evenly distributed between the 3 sections of town.  The Crystal Canyon side had the hunter tower and magical garden, the main part of town had fishing tree, sheep, and gatherer, and across the river was the greenhouse and miller.  Soon there would be fresh baked bread from the new Baker shop.  We could increase our corn production by adding another worker to the greenhouse and supply it with more compost.  A second compost heap was added by late autumn.  Decomposing vegetables and vines generated their own heat, turning the piles with a fork hastened the process.  A properly tended compost heap generated heat but no odors.  It was not a bad job to have in the winter.

  In early spring of year 15, we again had more children than adults but we were confident in our ability to feed our citizens in the coming years.  Our second compost heap was supplying us with more than enough compost for our greenhouse.  We could add an additional worker to the greenhouse or build another for more food variety.  The magical garden gave us a nice variety of fruit, nuts, and vegetable.  We could always build another as long as we had enough workers and crystals.  Likewise with the Elven hunting tower.  The beautiful pond and the fishing tree across the river had no fisherman yet.  We could easily provide for a growing population. 

  Each year now 1 or 2 students became adults and joined the workforce and 3 or 4 babies were born.  In early autumn of year 15 Crystal Canyon had a population 45, 21 adults, 5 students, and 19 young children.  Every year now we needed to build a house or 2 for young couple who wanted to start families of their own.


Abandoned

#49
Chapter 15


That winter of year 15 a new house was built across the river by the bakery and another near the magic garden.

  In early spring of year 16 as the weather warmed, bears could be seen playing in the nearby forests.  Several lingered too close to town across the river.  A 2nd hunting tower was build there as well as a second greenhouse.  Work was delayed on another house by the persistent presence of one large brown bear.  Some thought it was the smell of the herb bread the baker was now making that kept the bear there.  Residents were warned "don't feed the bear."

  We were happy when the bear finally wandered off.  We felt more secure growing strawberries in the new greenhouse, bears like strawberries.  Another worker was assigned to the first greenhouse and our harvest of corn greatly increased.  The previously low harvest total was due mostly to the fact that both compost bins and the bow-making magician were using vines.  There was a shortage of vines and the amount of compost available for the greenhouse was low.  Composting our surplus of roots instead of vines increased our production of compost and in turn our corn harvest.

  Year 17 consisted mainly of work and routine chores, collecting downed branches, wild oats when we spotted them, and keeping an eye on supplies to workplaces.  The only new construction was the butcher shop by the sheep pasture.  We would have mutton sausages as soon as we had a worker to make them.

brads3

that is just Yogi he doesnt bother anyone.he showed up at one of the forts before and swam around in the lake eating fish.even my hunters didnt scare him. he is apt to  come back and visit you might stay a few years even

Abandoned

 ;D Ah Yogi, he is smarter than the average bear  ;D maybe his little friend BooBoo Bear will show up next  ;D 

Abandoned

#52
Chapter 16


  In early spring of year 18 Crystal Canyon only had 4 students, 1 of the 4 attended magic school.  It would be a few years before 1 of these 4 became an adult but there were quite a few more young children that would be starting school soon.  Because of the new magic student a few more summoned fairies appeared around that part of town.  Even though we would have no spare worker for a few more years, we took the opportunity to build a nectar press.  We had a surplus of both wild berries and strawberries and that was likely to continue.  Adults would be able to sit in the shade, or in the sun if they preferred, and enjoy a bottle of fresh fruit nectar, and Elven treat.

Years 19 through 21 were fairly route.  As predicted more children became students.  Our production level remained high, no doubt due to our 100% education rate.  We built a 3rd school because several children across the river would be reaching school age very soon.  We still had far more children than adults. Crystal Canyon's population of pure-bred Elves at the end of year 21 was 65, 26 adults, 15 students, and 23 young children.  We wondered what population we must reach before the Elven Council considered us a successful thriving settlement of Elves.

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#53
Chapter 17


  During year 22 we built another small storage unit in each of the 3 sections of town.  As expected more children were born and more children became students.  The new school across the river had 2 students, the first school in the main part of town was filled to capacity having 10 students attending, and our magic school now had 8 students and as expected more summoned fairies began appearing around that side of town.

  We knew it would not be long before a few of the students became adults and would want homes of their own.  Over the next few years we would build more large houses for big families, something we should have done from the start.  With larger houses the couples would not have hesitated to have more children and our population would have grow faster.

  In year 24 a problem occurred which we did not expect.  In early autumn a group of bears took up residence in our tunnel.  We took it as a sign that we would have a very cold winter.  We hoped the bears would find another place to shelter because they could not remain in our tunnel.  Sleeping bears can be unpredictable if their winter nap is disturbed.  Tree fellow came to the rescue and gently convinced the bears to move on.   Tree fellow did the same when later that winter a herd of elk also sought shelter in the tunnel.  Winter that year was indeed very cold.


Gatherer

There's never enough deco stuff!!!
Fiat panis.

Abandoned

 ;D The tunnel was there for 20 years, now the animals decide to start using it  ;D ?

Abandoned

#56
Chapter 18


  During year 25, several students became adults bringing our total to 34 and providing us with more laborers, 9 in all.  We had 20 families but only 15 houses.  In year 26, when a herd of deer this time passed through our tunnel we thought perhaps we had built one of the new houses on their grazing land.  Being wood elves we show respect for the forest and the animals and do our best not to infringe upon either.  The latest house to be built was near the nectar press, and it was not responsible for route change.

  With extra laborers now we assigned one to fish from the fishing tree across the river and another to fish from the beautiful pond.  Callas was happy to do so, she had only recently become an adult and moved into the new house built by the pond.  Fishing was not nearly as good from the small pond as it was from the 2 fishing spots on the river but it did add variety to the diet of those living in the Crystal Canyon side of town.

  The extra laborers allowed us to have 2 builders instead of 1 and the new mountain house in the main part of town near the woodcutter was build in record time.  Gathering branches and wild foods was also done much faster.  When the compost bins were short of other materials to compost, the laborers quickly gathered more mushrooms and onions nearby. 

  We still needed more house at the end of year 28.  Crystal Canyon had 18 houses and 28 families, with a population of 80 citizens, 45 adults, 20 students, and 15 young children.

  One year later in late winter of year 29, Crystal Canyon had 23 houses and 29 families,  the population had risen to 86 citizens, 48 adults, 18 students, and 20 young children.


brads3

build a big big fire and stop the frigid cold from coming please. you can keep the snow too.

Abandoned

 :) We have winter storm warning issued here now and will be followed by frigid cold, sorry but it is headed your way.  I think it was meant for you, I am just in the way.  ;D ;D ;D

brads3

foot and a haf then below zero temps.i ain't goin no wheres for days.