The next day, they all took turns and devoted some time to working out on the treadmill and using the Bowflex weight training machine. Then Grandpa walked around. Travis followed behind.
“I want to clear more land to grow more crops.”
“Geesh, Grandpa, you’re already growing oats and amaranth, lentils, and quinoa and other things such as corn, tomatoes, beans, zucchini. You grow so much, and you’ve got your medicinal garden with yarrow and stuff.”
“If you haven’t noticed, we have three more mouths to feed. Now, I won’t be here forever, so that will leave a net addition of two mouths. If you want to survive, we need more crop production. You need to periodically leave land fallow so it can recover.”
Travis scratched his head. “You want to leave the land a light yellow-brown color?”
Gran
