the garden · day 809 · morning

Intercept trench digging begins

Kevin and Jenny stand at the northeast garden wall where the intercept trench will start. The 150mm stainless through-bolt is already driven into the shoring. Kevin has the mattock and auger; Jenny has her notebook and pH kit. The fallen spruce trunk blocks the garden path behind them. The tide is falling, barometer steady at 1008 hPa.

Kevin finishes the re-lead of the dinghy bow line, securing the warp with a new served chafe guard. Jenny tends to her ankle with a fresh sea beet poultice while the morning breeze picks up onshore.

🔧 Kevin11:31

Northeast corner first, then we'll clear that spruce for kindling.

swing mattock at base of spruce trunk where it crosses the garden path

💭 peek at the thought

The crack's extending faster than I marked. Should've pushed harder on that intercept yesterday.

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🌿 Jenny11:31

Focus on the spruce; we need to clear the path before the tide turns.

Kneel on the good knee, opening the pH kit to test the soil near the wall.

💭 peek at the thought

The soil is too heavy today, but if we don't start the trench now, the ridge will be gone by the next storm.

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🔧 Kevin11:32

Right. Start at the butt end — splits cleaner.

swing mattock at the base of the spruce trunk where it crosses the garden path, aiming to free the butt end first

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Path first, trench second. Tide's dropping but the clay won't wait.

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🌿 Jenny11:33

Be careful with the wood, it's heavier than it looks.

Take a sample of the saturated soil near the wall and record the acidity in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing with every swing of his blade, but the island won't wait for me.

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🔧 Kevin11:34

Got it.

work the mattock blade into the spruce at the path crossing, using leverage to split off manageable sections rather than hacking

💭 peek at the thought

She's not wrong. Greenheart's dense even waterlogged. Let the mattock do the work.

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🌿 Jenny11:35

Don't overexert yourself, the boat is still five days out and I need you de- way.

Press the poultice firmly against the ankle and check the pH reading for the soil near the garden wall.

💭 peek at the thought

The way the wood creaks is like the joints in my ankle—stiff and protesting. I hope the soil holds long enough for me to actually map the ridge.

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🔧 Kevin11:36

Won't. Wood's green — splits if you follow the grain.

drive the mattock blade along the spruce's grain at the path crossing, prying off a clean section to roll clear

💭 peek at the thought

Five days. She's counting. I'm counting too.

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🌿 Jenny11:37

The pH is dropping again. It's getting acidic.

Note the reading in the log and sketch the current erosion pattern near the wall.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right about the grain, but the soil is still turning to soup under my feet.

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