[She appreciated Basil’s discerning judgement. Even though he was young, he seemed very knowledgeable. That much was certain by how he went to work upon seeing the garden.]

[She took a few moments to think.]

Well… the attack from the Green Knight a few months ago definitely uprooted everything. I tried to move the plants to a better plot, hopefully so they would recover, but it seems like it hasn’t done much good.