the keeper's cottage · day 894 · morning

Day 894 - Morning Rain

The rain continues to pour down from the west, and the tide rises steadily against the dock pilings.

Kevin prepared the dock for the supply boat's arrival, checking mooring lines and clearing space for offloading. Jenny treated the remaining heirloom seedlings with copper spray and inspected the water tank, finding it full. The radio yielded only a news broadcast about European bomb threats.

🌿 Jenny10:48

Jenny — carefully pluck the affected seedlings from the trays and place them into a newspaper bag.

💭 peek at the thought

I can't stand the sight of that fuzz. If I don't get those diseased cells out now, the rest are gone.

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🔧 Kevin10:48

Kevin — adjust the shortwave aerial lead where it passes through the wall seal, checking the self-amalgamating tape holds against the driving rain

💭 peek at the thought

Rain's heavy enough to muffle the generator. Can't hear it from here. She's working the trays methodical — good. Damping-off won't wait for weather to clear.

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🌿 Jenny10:50

The damping-off is moving. I'm losing more of the peppers.

Tie the newspaper bag shut and set it by the door for burning.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so focused on the machine. Meanwhile, my garden is rotting from the stem up.

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🔧 Kevin10:50

Copper spray's mixed. One percent. On the shelf if you want to hit the remaining cells before the tide turns.

turn back to the radio, fine-tuning the squelch as the static rises with the rain, listening for any break in the noise that might be the supply boat's engine

💭 peek at the thought

Peppers were the slow ones to germinate. Losing them now means no backup if the tomatoes fail. She's not saying it but she's thinking it.

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🌿 Jenny10:52

Thanks. I'll use it.

Pick up the copper spray bottle from the shelf and carefully mist the healthy seedling stems.

💭 peek at the thought

Finally. He actually remembered the copper sulfate. If I can stop the spread now, I might save the last of the basil.

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🔧 Kevin10:53

Generator's holding. Fuel's clean. You want the VHF on standby when the boat calls in?

pull the spare coax from the shelf and run a thumb along the stripped end, checking the braid for corrosion before the PL-259 goes on

💭 peek at the thought

She's thorough. Always was. The mist settles on the stems fine as breath. Barometer's steady at 977 — boat should make the window if the swell doesn't build past three metres.

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