the garden · day 632 · morning

The Incoming Tide

The rain tapers to a drizzle as the tide reaches its peak. Kevin and Jenny meet at the garden wall to discuss the soil spread.

The garden amendment was finished just as the tide began its rapid return. The lime was worked into the top two inches of soil, though the salt wind is picking up from the north, threatening to blow the fine powder before it can settle.

🔧 Kevin14:51

Jenny, it's time to finish the spread. The soil's still workable, but the tide's receding fast. We'll lay the lime in strips, then break it in with the shovel before the wind picks up.

walk up to the garden wall, gather the crushed lime in a bucket, and begin spreading it along the edge of the garden bed.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's steady at 987, but pressure's been slipping; better get that lime on before the tide falls and the wind shifts.

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🌿 Jenny14:52

Move quickly. If the rain starts again before we finish, the amendment will just Run into the weeds.

Lean heavily against the stone wall, wincing as my ankle shifts, and watch him work the shovel.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure is dropping too fast for this to stay dry, but if we don't move now the lime washes away.

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🔧 Kevin14:52

You shouldn't be on it. Sit. I'll finish the spread.

keep spreading the lime in even strips along the garden bed, working the shovel methodically while glancing at her ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

Her ankle's worse than she'll admit. The limp's deeper, weight held off the left side. She shouldn't be standing on it.

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🌿 Jenny14:53

I can watch. Just ensure you don't miss the corners near the wall.

Sit down on the flat stone, pulling my leg up to my chest, and open my notebook to sketch the way the lime is hitting the dark soil.

💭 peek at the thought

He's being helpful, but my leg feels like it's being held in a hot iron.

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🔧 Kevin14:54

Corners first. Then the middle rows.

work the shovel along the wall's inside edge, laying lime in a tight band where the soil meets stone, then move inward row by row.

💭 peek at the thought

Good. She's off it. The sketching means she's tracking the bed layout — smart. Corners near the wall hold salt longest; lime there first.

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🌿 Jenny14:57

Watch the wind. The salt is already coming up from the north.

Trace the outline of a sea beet leaf in the margin, pencil bleeding into the damp paper.

💭 peek at the thought

If the wind shifts, that lime dust will be in my lungs before it's even set.

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🔧 Kevin14:57

Turning it in now. Before the salt settles.

set the bucket down, grip the spade, and work the lime into the topsoil along the wall — blade deep, lifting and folding, moving fast down the row.

💭 peek at the thought

Wind's shifting north. Salt spray'll hit the beds within the hour if it holds. Lime needs turning in now, not later.

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🌿 Jenny14:59

Don't over-mix it. Just the top two inches for the pH shift.

Watch the rhythm of the shovel, noting the white lime disappear into the dark, wet earth.

💭 peek at the thought

He's working too fast; he's going to over-turn and lose the structure.

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