the garden · day 322 · dawn

Prepping for the Rain Surge

Kevin and Jenny stand under the shade cloth as the sky thickens over the tomato rows. Kevin checks the barometer and notes the steady drop in pressure while Jenny tensions the new lines on the garden tarp.

The clouds thicken rapidly as the pressure begins to drop, signaling an incoming wet season storm. Kevin checks the dock pilings against the rising tide while Jenny secures the heirloom garden seedlings against the coming wind.

🌿 Jenny04:47

The pressure is bottoming out. Help me double-check the stakes on the north corner before the wind picks up.

Jenny winces as she shifts her weight to her good leg, hammering a wooden stake into the damp soil.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer is dropping faster than I thought; if that tarp doesn't hold, the whole row of seedlings is gone by morning.

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🔧 Kevin04:48

North corner first. Then the dock ring — if the surge lifts it, the lines go slack and the dinghy breaks loose.

walk to the north corner of the garden tarp, crouch to test the stake she just drove, pull up hard to check holding

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer's dropped four millibars since first light. She's favouring the left leg harder now — ankle's not improving. Wind's already backing west-southwest. We've got maybe two hours before the gusts hit thirty knots.

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🌿 Jenny04:49

I've got the stakes. Just watch the tension on the tarp when the wind catches the salt spray.

Jenny presses her palm against the stake to steady her trembling hand, teeth gritted as the pain spikes in her ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right about the dock; if I lose the boat, I'm truly stranded here with a rotting leg.

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🔧 Kevin04:51

You're not steady. Let me.

step past her, drive the mallet down on the stake with two clean strikes, test the tarp grommet tension with a pull, glance at the treeline where the wind's first fingers are stripping leaves

💭 peek at the thought

She's shaking. Not from cold. The infection's tracking — I saw the red line two days ago and she won't let me touch it. Stubborn as the piling rot.

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