the keeper's cottage · day 876 · afternoon

Midday Humidity Check

Kevin and Jenny meet in the kitchen as the clouds continue to thicken over the island.

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

🌿 Jenny10:25

The pressure is dropping. We need to secure the tarp again before the rain turns.

Jenny shifts her weight away from her ankle, wincing silently, and begins own the morphology of a sea beet leaf in her notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

He's looking at the barometer again like it'll give him a miracle, while the garden rots in this humidity.

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🔧 Kevin10:25

Already on it. Garden tarp corners first — crab shredded the anchors. Then the cottage roof battening.

Check the spare battens and timber strips staged under the eaves, then head out to the garden to inspect the tarp anchor points.

💭 peek at the thought

She's tracking the barometer same as me. Ankle's still bothering her but she's working. Good sign.

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🌿 Jenny10:27

Watch out for the sea beet seedlings. If the mold gets deep, the whole batch is gone.

Jenny closes her notebook with a sharp thud and follows him onto the porch, limping slightly on the uneven stone.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks fixing the roof will stop the rot, but the damp is already in the wood.

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🔧 Kevin10:27

Understood. I'll bag the affected ones before they spread — burn them if I have to.

Grab the newspaper bags from the supply crate, check which seedling trays have active fungal growth, and prepare contaminated plants for disposal.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the seedlings. Three cells showing damping-off fuzz already.

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🌿 Jenny10:29

The south-facing trays need the stove heat. And check tin E—I've been meaning to—

Jenny pulls the heirloom seed tin from the wood stove hearth, runs her thumb along the corroded seam, and carefully pries the lid open with her fingernail.

💭 peek at the thought

He treats the seedlings like experiments, but they're just crops to him—while I see grandmother's hands in each leaf.

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🔧 Kevin10:29

Go on. I'll move the pepper tray closer to the stove and check the fan on the lettuce cells.

Shift the pepper seedling tray to the warmest spot near the stove, verify the 12V fan is still circulating air over the lettuce trays, and keep half an eye on tin E while she examines it.

💭 peek at the thought

Tin E's been warming on the hearth. Seeds inside should be dry. She's finally looking at what's in it.

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🌿 Jenny10:31

The lime beds need more. These seedlings are drowning in what they were meant to survive.

Jenny pulls a burlap sack of crushed lime from her stash by the tarp staging area and sprinkles it evenly over the affected seedling rows, then closes tin E with a decisive snap and sets it beside the stove where its warmth can work.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks the fan fights mold, not knowing the real enemy is the soil itself.

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🔧 Kevin10:31

Lime's working. The beds I amended held. Untreated ground's too acid.

Note which trays correspond to lime-amended soil versus untreated in the notebook, then secure the garden tarp corners with fresh timber strips and oak stakes before the wind picks up.

💭 peek at the thought

She's treating the soil pH at the root. Smart. Lime beds tested 6.8-7.0 — the untreated patches are 5.5-5.8. That's the difference between survival and damping-off.

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