Chloe has to smile a bit at the reference: for her very first harvest she’d thrown a party with dishes made from stuff she’d grown. She and her friend - who had at the time been running a restaurant in Lakeside - had tried to come up with a meal the Victorians might enjoy and settled on totally unseasoned potatoes. 'British potatoes' will live in infamy.

“Last summer, things were pretty touch and go. Game retreated, the sun didn't come out for over a month… we were living off old canned stuff and MREs some of the guys stole off a cult. I don't want us to go hungry again.”