Maralise’s father was an experienced farmer and knew what grew well—and what didn’t—around Whistler. He had given Detrick some tips earlier in the year, just before planting season.

They had agreed to work together so they could both benefit from each other’s harvest when the time came. And now that they were both going to be grandfathers together, they had even more reason to work together.

They were sipping on ales at the cliff’s edge, looking out ...