the garden · day 239 · morning

The Pre-Storm Calm

The grey light dims further as the wind finally picks up slightly. You meet at the garden table to discuss the drop in pressure.

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🌿 Jenny20:49

The pressure is falling. We need to secure the seedlings with the heavy sheeting before the salt spray gets them.

Trace the edge of a sea beet leaf in the notebook with a pencil.

💭 peek at the thought

The own is dropping too fast for my liking; if that storm hits hard, the sea beet seedlings will be washed out before they even root.

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🔧 Kevin20:49

Aye. North wall first — they're most exposed. Then the tomato rows.

Walk to the garden shed and pull out the heavy tarpaulin and rope.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the pressure. The barometer's been dropping all morning. Salt spray at this wind angle will hammer the north wall seedlings.

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🌿 Jenny20:50

I'll handle the seedlings while you get the tarp down. My ankle is giving me hell today.

Tighten the ankle brace and walk slowly toward the north garden wall.

💭 peek at the thought

If we don't get the north wall covered, the salt wind will scour the grit right off those tiny leaves.

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🔧 Kevin20:51

I'll get the tarp. You sit and direct.

Unfold the heavy tarpaulin and start securing the windward corners to the north wall brackets with rope.

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring it bad. The purple's crept past the brace line. She won't let me near it awake, but she can't run on it either.

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🌿 Jenny20:52

Slow down on the corners, Kevin! If it's not taut, it'll sail and tear the whole thing.

Kneel by the lime-treated patch and begin pressing the sea beet seedlings into the soil with a thumb.

💭 peek at the thought

He's moving too fast; if the wind catches that sheet, it'll rip the brackets right off the stone.

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🔧 Kevin20:52

Tensioning now. Talk me through the spacing.

Pull the tarpaulin tight across the north wall brackets, securing the windward edge first with a trucker's hitch, then working leeward.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Flapping tarp does more damage than wind. Need to tension it proper.

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🌿 Jenny20:54

Overlap the edges—make sure they overlap by at least six inches. I don't want any air getting under the sheeting.

Press the soil around a sea beet seedling, ignoring the sharp throb in my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

If he leaves a gap at the top, the wind will get under the plastic and lift it like a wing.

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🔧 Kevin20:54

Overlap on the way. Leeward edge coming up.

Pull the tarpaulin over the seedlings, overlapping the windward edge by six inches, then secure the leeward edge to the south wall brackets with the same tension.

💭 peek at the thought

She's got the system. Overlap prevents lift. I'll run the leeward edge next and weight it.

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