# Barleybank Turn Report — Early Summer, Year 1

### Domestic Husbandry and the Hungry Gap
Through the leanest stretch of early summer, daily life in Barleybank was governed by disciplined storehouse management and field care. Ada held household grain consumption under strict rationing to protect the village’s remaining reserve, while organizing gathering crews along field borders and watersides to forage for wild brassicas, nettles, and tender river greens to supplement community pots. In the fields, Cora ran structured yield sampling transects through the tillering barley crop across both the lower flats and upper slopes, gathering baseline stem and tiller densities to project harvest capacity against village needs and trade obligations. Along the waterways, Bran and his crew regulated the flow through the gravel ditches and inspected the sodded berms, confirming that late spring’s planted grasses have taken root and held the embankments firm against early summer washouts.

### Arrival and Staging of the Restitution Jars
At the river landing, Reedhaven’s cargo reed boats arrived carrying the thirty standardized ceramic storage jars from Hearthmere. Fitted into shock-absorbing wicker sleeves and buffered by reed packing, all thirty jars made the downriver transit without a single crack or chip. Barleybank landing teams transferred the vessels onto padded sleds and brought them up the bank under witnessed inspection, issuing clear safe-delivery chits to Reedhaven’s boatmen. In the communal storehouse, Dain completed a dedicated staging wing, fitting timber cradles and elevated dunnage cushioned with clean, dry straw. All thirty intact jars now stand securely housed and elevated above ground damp, ready to receive and seal the coming harvest.

### Measure House and Regional Trade
Reports from Measure House confirmed that Hearthmere formally delivered the thirty certified jars under the supervision of Belen, Sella, and Oren. With delivery verified, the winter relief deficit was formally struck from the central register, discharging Hearthmere’s restitution debt in full. Barleybank was issued certified transfer chits securing priority allocation, and Reedhaven completed its early summer grain exchange against the certified working stones without discrepancy. To the northeast, travelers report that Stonecross has brought its upland roadside shelter into full operation as an active waystation, maintaining rotating two-person watches that supply traveling exchange parties and valley messengers with hearth fuel, piped spring water, emergency bedding, and transit logging.

### Immediate Unresolved Pressures
- **The Lean Season:** Grain supplies remain tight through mid-summer; foraging and strict rationing must continue until the barley heads ripen for harvest.
- **Harvest Allocations:** Forward grain commitments pledged for the ceramic storage jars will require precise accounting against Cora’s yield projections as the crop enters ear formation.