the garden · day 915 · morning

Morning at the garden

Kevin and Jenny decide whether to attempt to retrieve the crate now while the tide is low or focus on the garden wall maintenance.

Kevin checked the shortwave radio and confirmed the supply boat's arrival for tomorrow morning high tide. He successfully installed the Yanmar raw water pump and tested it under load without leaks. Kevin and Jenny walked to the north ridge to stake out the new garden beds before the tide rose too high.

🔧 Kevin14:07

Let's get the crate now while we can see what's inside. If there's supplies or tools, we need them before the next swell.

Wade out to the crate, test the lid's mobility, and attempt to lever it free with the crowbar and tide's current assistance.

💭 peek at the thought

The crate's pinned tight now, but if we wait for the next low tide in three days, the swell might scatter its contents across the rocks. Garden wall's holding, but those slump points could worsen with the next storm surge.

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🌿 Jenny14:07

Wait for a second. The current is pinning it against the rocks, or you'll just snap the wood.

Lean against the dockings, shifting weight away from my swollen ankle while watching Kevin struggle with the crowbar.

💭 peek at the thought

If he pulls too hard, he'll artwork the whole thing deeper into the silt and then it'll be lost to the salt.

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🔧 Kevin14:08

Current's running north. If I get on the seaward side and push it toward the channel, the tide'll carry it clear.

Move along the exposed rocks to the seaward face of the crate, brace against a stable boulder, and shove it toward the deeper channel — let the outgoing current pull it free instead of fighting the pin.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right — the current's shoving it hard against the starboard piling. If I pry from this angle, the lid tears or the whole crate splits on the rock ledge. Need to work with the water, not against it.

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🌿 Jenny14:08

Just don't let it drift too far! I can't swim out after it with this leg.

Grip the edge of the dock, leaning forward to track the crate's movement as it breaks free.

💭 peek at the thought

He's thinking like an engineer—using the force of the water. It's a risk, but it's better than fighting the tide.

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🔧 Kevin14:10

Got a line on the dock — the spare warp. Throw me the bitter end.

Hold position against the boulder, one hand on the crate's barnacled corner ready to arrest its drift the moment the current catches it, watching the water for the warp.

💭 peek at the thought

She can't follow if it gets away. Once it's in the channel, the ebb'll carry it straight out past the headland. Need to catch it on the first swing or we lose it.

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🌿 Jenny14:11

On three—one, two, three!

Throw the rope toward Kevin, the nylon lines cutting through the air toward his waiting hands.

💭 peek at the thought

That warp is my only hope of stopping it before it's gone forever. One wrong move and I'll be swimming.

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🔧 Kevin14:12

Got it.

Catch the warp mid-air, throw a quick hitch around the crate's rusted cleat, cinch it tight, and pay out line controlled as the current swings the crate toward the channel — keeping tension so it doesn't slam the pilings or drift past reach

💭 peek at the thought

Good throw. Line's landing right in the reach. Grab it fast, make a turn on the crate's cleat before the current takes the slack.

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🌿 Jenny14:13

Steady. Keep the tension, don't let it slack.

Grip the line on the dock, bracing my good leg and preparing to help pull the crate toward the planks.

💭 peek at the thought

He's got it. Now we just have to haul it up without the weight dragging us both into the surf.

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