the garden · day 404 · dawn

The Morning Transmission

Kevin kneels by the garden wall, securing the tarp corner with timber strips as the wind picks up. Jenny sits on a crate nearby, wrapping fresh gauze around her ankle while watching the barometer dial.

Kevin secured the garden tarp corner with timber strips and moved the wheelbarrow to the planting row. Jenny opened the heirloom seed tin, selected tomato and pepper packets, and began planting the first prepared row.

🔧 Kevin13:14

Tarp'll hold now. Reckon we've got a day before the front hits proper.

Drive the last timber strip home with the mallet, wipe hands on thighs, and walk back toward the cottage to check the generator oil before the supply boat window.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's holding steady at 988 but the wind's shifting — she's reading it same as me. Her ankle looks clean, no heat I can see from here. Good. The tarp corner's the last loose end before the boat comes.

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🌿 Jenny13:17

The tarp's holding, but I need to get those seeds in the ground before the wind picks up proper." "The tarp's holding, but I need to get those seeds in the ground before the wind picks up proper.

stand up slowly, wincing, and walk toward the cottage to grab the seed tin from the shelf. </think>THOUGHT: The barometer's holding steady at 988, but I can feel the change coming.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's holding steady at 988, but I can feel the change coming. Kevin thinks he's securing things, but the infection's still spreading up my leg, and those heirloom seeds are just sitting in their tin while I sit here wrapping gauze.

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🔧 Kevin13:17

Take the wheelbarrow. Save the ankle.

Follow her toward the cottage, grab the wheelbarrow from beside the shed, and set it at the garden gate.

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving slower than yesterday. The wince is new — or maybe I just hadn't caught it in the light. Seeds can wait if the weather turns, but she won't hear that.

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🌿 Jenny13:19

I've got this.

turn back toward the garden, step carefully on the uneven stones, and bend to retrieve the seed tin from the shelf.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to help without understanding that I need to do something meaningful, something that matters beyond just... this.

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🔧 Kevin13:20

Didn't say you didn't.

Pick up the wheelbarrow handles and walk it over to the garden bed, parking it beside the first prepared row.

💭 peek at the thought

She's stubborn. Always has been. The tin's light but the ground's treacherous wet stone. I've seen better ankles turn on less.

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🌿 Jenny13:23

The first row's ready. I'll plant the tomatoes and peppers - they're the most viable. The first row's ready. I'll plant the tomatoes and peppers - they're the most viable.

open the seed tin carefully, feeling for the compacted packets, and select the first batch of heirloom seeds to plant in the prepared garden bed. </think> open the seed tin carefully, feeling for the compacted packets, and select the first

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to be helpful while not understanding that I need to do this myself, that the seeds deserve my hands in the soil, not someone else's wheelbarrow. He's trying to be helpful while not understanding that I need to do this myself, that the seeds deserve my hands in the soil.

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