the keeper's cottage · day 217 · morning

The storm breaks

The first heavy drops of rain hit the tin roof as the wind howls through the eaves.

Kevin and Jenny secured the garden tarp against rising wind and planted heirloom seed potatoes in trenches before the storm arrived.

🌿 Jenny23:06

Kevin! The rain is starting early—help me with the tarp!

Grab the tin of potato seeds and the trowel, run to the garden patch.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure dropped too fast; if I don't get these seeds in now, the runoff will wash them into the sea.

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🔧 Kevin23:07

Right behind you.

grab the heavy-duty tarp and rope from the porch, follow Jenny to the garden

💭 peek at the thought

Storm's coming faster than the barometer said. Seed potatoes first — they're the only calories we can't replace.

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🌿 Jenny23:08

Hold the edge of the tarp against the wall, I need to clear the weeds!

Kneel in the mud and start digging trenches for the heirloom potato seeds.

💭 peek at the thought

way knees are screaming, but the soil is still soft enough to work before it turns to mush.

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🔧 Kevin23:08

Got it.

pin the tarp's windward edge against the garden wall with my boots, feed rope through the grommets, tie off to the wall stakes and the porch post

💭 peek at the thought

Wind's shifting southeast. Tarp'll sail if we don't weight it proper. Get the corners down first.

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🌿 Jenny23:10

Thanks. Just keep it tight!

Carefully place the seed potatoes into the trenches, spacing them exactly ten inches apart.

💭 peek at the thought

He's actually being useful for once. I need to get these in the ground before the rain turns this patch into a swamp.

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🔧 Kevin23:10

Kevin — lean into the tarp, feeding more line through the leeward grommets, cinch it drum-tight to the fence posts, check the center doesn't pocket water

💭 peek at the thought

Rain's coming sideways now. She's precise even in this. Good.

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