the garden · day 836 · dawn

Rain-Saturated Mud

Heavy rain lashes down from the west, turning the garden path into a thick, grey slurry. Jenny sits on the porch watching the water rise in the tank while Kevin checks the roof- for new leaks.

The rain comes down in heavy sheets from the west, turning the garden into a muddy slurry quickly. The tide is low, exposing the slick rocks of the tide pools, but the wind is picking up, forcing them to shelter under the garden wall to assess the coming storm.

🌿 Jenny03:44

The tank is nearly full, Kevin. Watch the overflow pipe.

Sketch the sea beet's salt glands in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

If that drainage doesn't hold, the north beds will be drowned before the supply boat even arrives.

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🔧 Kevin03:45

Overflow pipe's clear. Trench held last week. I'll check the northeast corner while I'm up here.

climb the ladder to the roof, inspect flashing and overflow pipe outlet, then walk the northeast foundation trench to verify drainage

💭 peek at the thought

Tank's at 400 litres, she's right — overflow's the weak point. Last storm the pipe backed up into the northeast foundation. Need to check the diversion trench I dug before the water finds its own way down.

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🌿 Jenny03:45

Just watch the ownway. The water is moving too fast today.

Adjust the ankle wrap to ease the swelling.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks the trench is the problem, but the soil is just too heavy to hold anything.

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🔧 Kevin03:46

Northeast trench took the last three storms. But I'll check the spillway extension — copper pipe might've shifted in the swell.

descend the ladder, walk the garden wall to the northeast corner, inspect the copper spillway hose where it runs past the foundation onto the grass slope

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching the water, not the sky. Means she's tracking where it goes, not just that it's falling. Ankle's still bad — she's favouring it even sitting still.

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🌿 Jenny03:47

The copper is fine. It's the soil. It's saturated.

way the condensation off the window and

💭 peek at the thought

He's looking for a mechanical failure when the whole island is just trying to drown.

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🔧 Kevin03:48

Soil's weeping at the base. Saw it yesterday. Trench catches the surface run but not the deep seep.

crouch at the northeast garden wall, probe the soil with a finger at the base of the wall where the intercept trench meets the foundation, feel for water moving through clay

💭 peek at the thought

She's read the ground better than I have. Clay's holding water up against the wall — that's what took the northeast bed last winter. The intercept trench helps but it's not enough if the saturation's this deep.

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