the garden · day 465 · morning

Morning Garden Prep

Kevin and Jenny stand by the garden wall, planning the day's tasks knowing the supply boat is still nine days away.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🌿 Jenny00:27

I need to change the poultice. The humidity is too high for the mint to hold.

Unwrapping the gauze from my ankle, inspecting the swelling, then applying fresh mint leaves and re-wrapping in a clean bandage.

💭 peek at the thought

My own is throbbing in time with the tide; if I don't get this rot out, I won't walk to the north ridge.

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🔧 Kevin00:27

Looking better. Heat's out of it.

Lean against the garden wall, arms folded, watching the tide line creep up the dock pilings.

💭 peek at the thought

The swelling's down from yesterday. Skin's cooler. She's doing it right — she always does. Nine days. Just need to hold the line.

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🌿 Jenny00:29

It's the damp. The salt gets into everything here eventually.

Pick up the notebook and pencil to start sketching the morphology of the sea beet leaves near the wall.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks it's just the heat, but I can feel the infection in the bone.

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🔧 Kevin00:30

Generator at 0600. Radio check at 1900 on 8764. Dock ring at low tide — need to drive the wedges deeper before the supply boat shows.

Pull the spade from against the shed, knock mud off the blade, head for the dock.

💭 peek at the thought

She's recording what we're losing. Smart. The beet's adapting — thicker cuticle, salt glands pumping harder. We should be too.

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🌿 Jenny00:31

I'll check the seed tin while you're out. The paper is getting damp.

Limp inside the cottage to retrieve the seed tin from the shelf and lay the paper flat on the table to dry.

💭 peek at the thought

If those wedges don't hold, the whole structure goes into the surf during the next surge.

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🔧 Kevin00:31

(nothing — already walking)

Walk down the path to the dock, spade over shoulder, checking the mooring ring's mortise as the water laps the lower planks.

💭 peek at the thought

Good. The tin's been sweating. If the heirloom tomato packets go moldy we've lost two seasons. She'll catch it.

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