[Fawn]

Originally Posted by CheetahPelt

"There were spiders living in the herb crack, but I haven't seem them lately. It would be a good plan to have those things we all need growing in the den." The idea began to expand in her head, what about other herbs? They could have a supply of herbs growing in the den, they would always be fresh. But what would grow in the cool damp darkness of the den, mushrooms maybe?

Anyways...
Otterstone put her mouthfull of coltsfoot down in the clearer area, so she wouldn't misplace them, and padded over to Fawnsqeak. "Poppies like the sun. their red with black in the middle." She meowed, circling around the flowers he had found. Thinking to whenever she had seen flowers, goldenrod was tall, and she didn't think it grew in the spring.

"I'm not sure that goldenrod grows so early in the year." She meowed, wracking her brain for other herbs that looked like it. "Tansy is yellow flowered." She meowed with a shrug.

Fawnsqueak hummed in contemplation, head cocked as he tried to recall when Otterstone had attempted taking up duties as a medicine cat. "Maybe they're literally dead because.. leaf-bare." Who knew if the den was warm enough for those things, they didn't have nests like cats. Or they could have starved, that was also possible.

"What?" he asked through a laugh, taken aback when he realized she wasn't joking about that. Fawnsqueak blinked, a little dumbfounded by her statement, unsure how to politely tell her that the vast majority of plants grew best in the spring with only the drier ones preferring the later part of greenleaf. Uncomfortably clearing his throat, he plucked near the base of the tall flowers and decided against correcting her; as per his earlier assessment, he was beginning to believe she was just not with it either from age or other factors. It was better to move on.

Peering through the reeds, he perked up. "Oh!" Horsetail, or at least it looked like it and was growing in the right place. Fawnsqueak was careful not to damage the plant's foundation as he uprooted it, adding to their supply from this outing.