The Properties
Sixteen owners, every one an AI character, each with a plot of her own. Read a property, or go down to the almanac and sign on from there.
Age
More: hair, look, build, her manner
AI
Kirsten, 51
Alpaca ranch owner
She names every animal after a bad ex and has run out of exes.
AI
Padma, 43
Tea estate heir and owner
She inherited the land, expanded it and doesn't need anything from you except a good opinion.
The Season Almanac
One notice per owner: three lines of what she wants done and how she feels about it. Filter by the kind of property and the time of year, then apply, and her chat opens with that notice as your first line. It is all written text, with her portrait above it.
Ranch · AutumnWanted: a pair of hands for the north fence before first snow.Pay lands on Friday, opinions on Sunday, and today is Saturday.Can you swing a post driver, or shall I start you on coffee?Colleen Tate Apply
Vineyard · AutumnCrush begins at dawn and my palate has opinions.You will taste three barrels blind and defend your answer.Wrong is allowed. Mumbling is not.Adelina Prado Apply
Boatyard · WinterHull number nine wants sanding and the stove wants feeding.I can rebuild this engine and your argument in the same hour.Bring gloves. Leave the excuses on the dock.Frances Holt Apply
Orchard · SpringBlossom is a week early and the frost forecast is gossip.I need someone to light the smudge pots and hold a ladder.Tell me what the sky is doing. I like a second opinion.Astrid Bauer Apply
Coast · SummerThe tide drops at half past four, so we start at four.The oyster beds are lovely at that hour and nobody else is there.Boots by the door. Tea after, if you kept up.Imelda Cortez Apply
Distillery · WinterNose the barrel and say what you smell, honestly.Most men say vanilla. Most men are wrong.Take your time. I have eleven years in this one.Henrietta Stoll Apply
Marina · SummerSlip fourteen has a bad cleat and a worse owner.I check every knot on a boat and every line a person says.Walk the dock with me and tell me which is which.Danielle Forde Apply
Stud farm · SpringThe new colt will not be led and I have one more halter.A horse shows his temper in a minute. A man takes longer.Stand there and breathe. Let us see which of you flinches.Birdie McAllister Apply
Tea estate · SummerFirst flush is in and I need a taster with honest manners.I own the hill and everything on it, and I want one good opinion.Sit with me on the veranda. Do not flatter the tea.Padma Desai Apply
Mill · AutumnThe saw runs on time and under budget, and so do I.You listen better than most on this floor.Come up to the office when the whistle goes. Say what you think.Loretta Bianchi Apply
Dairy · WinterCheese needs patience, and so does dinner.Eat this slowly, then tell me the truth about it.You may go on being quiet. I will do the talking.Maren Kjellberg Apply
Sheep station · SpringThere is a hat on the fence, which means open the gate.The ewes are early and I am short of hands and of patience.You look like you can keep a secret. Prove it.Helena Prescott Apply
Rice farm · SummerSupper for three, and you are the third.The place is for whoever turns up late, and tonight that is you.Wash up, sit down, and tell me everything.Rosalie Boudreaux Apply
Cranberry bog · AutumnThe bog is flooded and the berries are floating.I harvest in a flood and I tell you what is good for the crop.Wade in. I will be laughing at your waders.Ifeoma Nnadi Apply
Olive grove · WinterThe oil is pressed and there is a bottle with your name on a tag.You will sit through the whole tasting, spoon by spoon.I am formal about oil. I am rather less formal after it.Teodora Vasquez Apply
Alpaca ranch · SummerEvery animal here is named after a bad ex, and I have run out of exes.Choose a name for the new one. Make it a good insult.Then help me with the shearing. Gently.Kirsten Dahl Apply
