"Ah, this spot will do nicely..."
The young Paragon had finished checking the soil in the area she had chosen just off of the beach. She had looked for all of the signs which Dolithiel, her younger (yet more experienced) half-sister had told her to look for in the soil: the color, the texture, the water content; all of that (which she was able to detect by merely standing over the soil--one of the benefits of having the Earth Paragon as her mother). She took her claws and carefully pierced the grass which covered the soil, and when she felt the cool, moist earth on her claws, she smiled again.
"Just as I had guessed. This spot will do perfectly," she said to herself, carefully removing chunks of the soil as she looked back over her shoulder. Sitting there were several plants: some where flowers, others were fruits and vegetables, and others still were herbs that Lithi had told her were the best for cooking with. There were several for her to plant; that was the sole reason she was up so early now--once the garden was planted, she would have no troubles convincing herself to leave her chosen nesting area to tend to it.
"I hope that this garden actually takes root..." Anelya whispered to herself, taking one of the flowers and placing it into the hole which she had dug after she had checked to see if it was root-bound. Once she confirmed that it was not, she set it down and pushed some of the cool, dark soil over it, patting it down as hard as she could.