It was around 80º yesterday, so Loucious and I took advantage of it in the garden, frisbee in tow.  The constant rain has really greened up the place.

First I lightly hand-cultivated and raked the veg garden, redistributing the leaf mulch more evenly.  I’ll continue to do that until it’s time to direct-sow.

Then I hoed an edge around the shed beds, farther into the lawn, and put up a low wire border to keep L from sitting on the plants.  He enjoyed helping me dig, or more accurately, seeing if he could dig his way under the border!  Good to know.

I don’t like to disrupt the dormant beneficial critters this early on, so I try to be as non-destructive as possible, just doing tasks that are more time-sensitive.

I did all this in between Shabbat preps.  As it turned out, Avdi had to work late and miss dinner, and E was at a rehearsal, so it was just K and Y and me.  But we still had a good time at the table for a while.

Avdi eventually arrived, in a sad state of exhaustion and overload, not talking.  I feel really bad for him.  I’m trying to pick up as many extra household tasks as I can to somewhat lighten the load, but it’s just a drop in the bucket.  It would really take a team of reliable people (in addition to what he already has) to handle this much serious business, so he could just focus on work to support it all.  Never mind time to rest and regroup.

Assuming of course trump doesn’t start WWIII and nuke us all to hell.  Hard to live when you’re dead!