the garden · day 137 · dawn

Starting the Second Row

Kevin and Jenny crouch by the first row of potatoes as the morning sun warms the soil. Kevin uses a trowel to level a new trench while Jenny prepares the chitted tubers from the crate.

Kevin and Jenny finish the second row of the potato planting near the garden wall. Kevin struggles with the spacing, leaving some gaps too wide, while Jenny maintains a steady pace despite the humid heat. The tide continues to rise, licking the lower stones of the garden wall.

🔧 Kevin22:08

Spacing's thirty centimetres. Deeper on this end — wind funnels up the wall.

make sketch: seed potato layout — grid for second row, thirty centimetre spacing, staggered from first row, depth marked deeper on windward end

💭 peek at the thought

Good soil here. Damp but crumbly. The chits are strong — purple shoots, not the pale white you get from dark storage. She's handled them careful.

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🌿 Jenny22:09

Thirty centimetres is fine. I'll make the second row deeper near the wall.

Kneels in the dirt, measuring the trench with her fingers.

💭 peek at the thought

If I don't get the depth right, the salt will scour them before they even sprout.

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🔧 Kevin22:10

Aye.

continue trenching with trowel, moving along the marked line, checking depth with fingers as I go

💭 peek at the thought

She's learning. Not just following — thinking. The wall reflects heat, dries the soil faster. Deeper there means moisture holds.

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🌿 Jenny22:10

I'll start the first tuber here.

Places a chitted potato into the trench, ensuring the eye is facing upward.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so focused on the geometry, but the soil is still too loose here.

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🔧 Kevin22:12

Cover it light. Just enough to hide it. We'll hill when the haulms show.

move along the trench, trowel ready for the next spacing mark, watching her work

💭 peek at the thought

Good. Eye up. She's gentle with them — doesn't snap the shoots. The first row's already pushing through. Another week and we'll earth up.

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🌿 Jenny22:12

Lightly, I'll keep it shallow.

way presses the soil over the tuber, smoothing it with the palm of her hand.

💭 peek at the thought

If I cover them too heavily, they'll rot in this damp earth.

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🔧 Kevin22:14

Next.

measure thirty centimetres with the trowel handle, scrape the next planting hole, glance at the crate — plenty left

💭 peek at the thought

Rhythm settling. Trench, tuber, cover. Trench, tuber, cover. The morning's holding calm. Radio check can wait till the row's done.

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🌿 Jenny22:14

Right behind you.

Reaches into the crate, selects another seed potato, and places it in the trench at the measured mark.

💭 peek at the thought

I need to keep this rhythm before the sun gets too high.

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