### Directives of the Landingwarden — Late Summer, Year 1 --- ### 1. Harvest Fleet Mobilization & River Transport Logistics * **Garr (Boat Repairer):** * Mobilize every seaworthy cargo reed boat for continuous harvest freight. High heat and prolonged dry conditions have accelerated ripening in Barleybank; river freight must operate at peak readiness before autumn rains break. * Conduct dawn-and-dusk inspections of hull pitch, steering oars, and structural lashings. Midsummer heat softens seam pitch, so keep cold pitch pots and rush caulking ready at the landing repair slips for rapid turnaround. * Ensure every freight boat retains its heavy, wax-coated reed tarpaulins, storm lashings, and bilge bailers, adhering strictly to our established storm-mooring protocol during sudden convective squalls. * **Fara (Landing Keeper):** * Reorganize Reedhaven landing into two dedicated operating zones: * **Upriver Staging Quay:** For outgoing fitted wicker sleeves, empty grain hampers, and pack-baskets, as well as transit transfers of Hearthmere’s standardized ceramic jars. * **Downriver Inflow Slip:** Dedicated strictly to incoming grain barges, equipped with raised clean timber gangways to keep grain sacks dry and free of river silt during rapid unloading. * Coordinate boat crew shifts to prevent exhaustion. Maintain a master river manifest recording vessel turnarounds, cargo tallies, and river depth markers. * Dispatch priority barge runs to Measure House to transport Hearthmere’s staged secondary consignment (thirty-five calibrated jars and fifteen roof tiles) onward to Barleybank and Reedhaven as designated. --- ### 2. Measure House Harvest Tallies & Regional Diplomacy * **Jora (Exchange Witness):** * Maintain steady station at Measure House alongside Keepers Oren and Sella, under Convenor Belen’s tripartite oversight, as harvest deliveries commence. * **Barleybank Coordination (Dain & Ada):** Synchronize barge arrivals with Barleybank’s threshing timetable. Exchange our high-grade harvest hampers directly for freshly threshed grain against verified standard tallies. Offer swift river transport to move Barleybank’s newly allocated storage jars from Measure House directly to their river docks. * **Hearthmere Settlement (Pia & Lorn):** Finalize tallies for Reedhaven’s earned compensation for our fitted sleeve weaving and barge freight. Ensure Reedhaven receives its agreed allocation of calibrated ceramic storage jars, complete with lids, sealing clay slip, and beeswax cakes, taking custody and transporting them safely back to Reedhaven. * **Stonecross Waystation Outreach (Willa):** Send a fresh consignment of rigid tumpline pack-baskets and smoked fish up the road to Willa at the roadside waystation. Consolidate barter for additional sandstone whetstones and rotary querns to outfit our landing maintenance shops and communal kitchens. --- ### 3. Basketry Workshops & Tool Integration * **Hana (Basket Maker):** * Maximize late-summer sun: continue sun-drying harvested reeds and peeled willow osiers on the river flats while the dry weather holds, stockpiling cured weaving material before damp autumn arrives. * Complete remaining fitted wicker sleeves and cradle harnesses for Hearthmere’s jars, ensuring rim gaps remain open for wax/slip seal inspection. * Focus workshop weavers on high-capacity harvest grain hampers and transport crates demanded by upland growers during threshing. * Distribute the newly bartered upland whetstones from Stonecross to our reed cutters and Garr’s boatwrights to keep harvesting sickles and wood adzes razor-sharp; allocate new rotary hand-querns to communal food-prep teams to dramatically improve grain-milling efficiency. --- ### 4. Storehouse Conversion, Grain Intake, & Winter Buffering * **Ivo (Provisioner):** * **Storehouse Overhaul:** Clear and sweep the landing storehouse bays. Install sturdy, elevated timber dunnage racks above the floor to receive Reedhaven’s newly acquired ceramic storage jars. * **Permanent Jar Integration:** Following the decisive success of our midsummer storage trial—which proved that sealed ceramic jars keep grain cool, dry, and entirely pest-free—transfer our prime grain reserves directly into the new calibrated earthenware jars as harvest boatloads arrive. Seal lids hermetically with clay slip and beeswax under Ivo’s personal supervision. * **Harvest Intake Inspection:** Screen every arriving sack of threshed grain for moisture or heat before decanting into jars or elevated bins. Maintain dual-notched tally counts with Jora’s manifest. * **Secondary Marsh Buffer:** Sustain late-summer fish traps, weir netting, and smoking kilns while river runs are active. Store sun-dried rush roots and smoked river fish in dry woven crates. Entering autumn with abundant smoked fish and sealed grain ensures absolute security against winter shortages or trade interruptions. --- ### 5. Landingwarden’s Personal Focus * Oversee landing operations during the initial wave of harvest grain arrivals, ensuring smooth coordination between Fara’s handlers and Ivo’s intake inspectors. * Personally verify the packing and river transport of our allocated ceramic storage jars from Measure House, ensuring zero breakage along the route. * Inspect workshop integration of the new Stonecross querns and whetstones, verifying that tool upgrades translate into faster turnaround for boat repairs and reed processing. * Maintain close, supportive contact with all 150 community members across long harvest workdays, ensuring labor rotations and nourishing communal meals keep morale and stamina high.