Apart — Kevin at the keeper's cottage, Jenny at the garden

Midday work split

Kevin is at the cottage with the shortwave, preparing the next contact window. Jenny is at the north ridge garden with test strips and seed potatoes.

Kevin repaired the diesel can seam with marine sealant and replaced the generator's cracked fuel hose with marine-grade line, bleeding the system successfully. Jenny tested soil pH at pocket seven, applied lime around sea beet seedlings, and reapplied poultice to her ankle, but her seed potato prep was interrupted by worsening ankle pain.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You sit at the kitchen table with the shortwave, the barometer steady at 996. The cracked diesel can sits on the workbench, epoxy seam weeping; you have marine sealant and the last of the epoxy tube to attempt a second repair before the supply boat arrives.

🔧 Kevin11:12

Kevin — wipe down the cracked diesel can seam with a rag, scrape out the old epoxy residue with the metal file, then apply marine sealant thick over the hairline cracks and let it cure.

💭 peek at the thought

The generator's miss is the air in the line from that hairline split. Need to bleed it after I seal the hose, but first the diesel can — twenty litres we can't afford to lose if the supply boat's delayed again. The epoxy didn't hold the deep pitting; marine sealant's thicker, might bridge it if I clean the seam proper this time.

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🔧 Kevin11:16

Kevin — move to the generator shed, shut down the engine, and replace the cracked fuel hose section with the marine-grade line from the crate. Then bleed the fuel system at the filter and injector.

💭 peek at the thought

Sealant's tacky on the can. Won't know if it holds until there's fuel pressure on it. The generator's still missing at idle — air in the line from that hose split. Need to replace the section, bleed the system, and get the Yanmar's raw water pump swapped before the boat comes. Impeller's in hand, gasket's ready. Just need the housing off.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You stand at the north ridge pocket seven with the new water test kit, two strips left. The lime sack is open beside you. Grandmother's seed potatoes wait in the crate, and the sea beet seedlings in the weep zones need checking.

🌿 Jenny11:11

Just another day on this damn island.

test soil pH at pocket seven with water strip, apply lime around sea beet seedlings, check diesel hose seal, mark progress in soil pH log

💭 peek at the thought

pH 6.2 again—too low for grandmother's potatoes, but these sea beet seedlings are already showing salt stress. The lime needs work, and the ankle's throbbing with each step. That diesel leak under the shed is going to kill me if it worsens.

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🌿 Jenny11:15

I need to plant before the next squall hits.

mark pocket seven soil reading, apply extra lime around base of sea beet seedlings, check diesel hose under shed, prep seed potatoes for planting tomorrow morning

💭 peek at the thought

The strip shows 6.1—barely above the potato threshold. The sea beet leaves are curling more, and I can feel the infection flaring. That diesel hose repair won't hold much longer.

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🌿 Jenny11:19

Come on, Jenny. One more hour.

check the moisture level in the soil, reapply sea beet-mint poultice to ankle, inspect the diesel seam for new leaks, sketch the morphology of the sea beet leaves in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

The pH is dropping again. If I don't get the acidity right, grandmother's seeds will just rot in the dirt. My ankle is a nightmare today; the salt is getting into everything.

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