Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the hilltop

Sheet-piling the northeast wall and north ridge survey

Kevin is at the dock driving greenheart sheet-piles for the northeast garden wall intercept trench; Jenny is at the hilltop surveying the north ridge for erosion.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You stand at the northeast garden wall corner where the greenheart offcuts wait. The auger bit spins, biting a clean pilot hole through the saturated clay. You set the first plank, swing the mallet, and feel the satisfying thud as it seats. Two more to drive, then backfill with lime and gravel.

🔧 Kevin12:29

Kevin — drive the second greenheart plank at the northeast garden wall corner using the mallet, then pilot and drive the third.

💭 peek at the thought

Three planks. First one's seated clean. Clay's holding the pilot holes — that's the lime beds paying off. Two more and the wall's got a spine again.

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🔧 Kevin12:33

Kevin — backfill the remaining trench sections along the northeast garden wall with lime and gravel mix, compacting each layer with the mallet.

💭 peek at the thought

Third plank in. Wall's standing straight now, like it's been given a backbone. Lime went in behind them, coarse gravel too. Should hold the clay from weeping any more.

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🔧 Kevin12:36

Kevin — walk to the dock and inspect the dinghy bow line chafe at the chock.

💭 peek at the thought

Backfill's done. Lime and gravel packed tight behind the greenheart. Wall's not weeping. Tide's still rising but the clay's holding. Should check the bow line chafe while I'm down here — it's been groaning worse each tide.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the hilltop

You reach the hilltop leaning on the driftwood cane, ankle braced and poulticed. The north ridge unfolds below — the new tension crack in the weeping clay has widened since yesterday, a dark line tracing past the stability mark. Three soil pockets show fresh slump. You uncap your pen and begin sketching.

🌿 Jenny12:31

Stay put, Jenny. Just stay put.

make sketch: North Ridge Erosion profile Day 810

💭 peek at the thought

The island is moving faster than I can record. If that ridge goes, the whole garden follows with it.

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🌿 Jenny12:35

Come on, not today.

check the barometer.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure is dropping. That smudge on the horizon isn't land, it's a wall.

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🌿 Jenny12:39

Kevin! Get the tarps inside!

shout toward the dock.

💭 peek at the thought

1008 hPa. It's falling. The wind is shifting and the air is heavy.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.