Getting better at running stitch

Yesterday I finished patching the pocket of P’s pants, then reinforced the
crotch, patched a small hole in the leg, and took apart one of the side
seam pockets to fix some tearout around the tack. P went to the beef draft,
which was held over in Hazelwood this year. After lunch I spent some time
in the garden and planted sculpit (an Italian bitter green) and green
onions, as well as relocating some more comfrey volunteers, pruning back
the arugula, and layering some compost over where the new (terrible, poor)
soil went in and where the squashes will be. Dinner, crossword, Flash. I
finished Paladin; loved it. Started The Hallowed Hunt; it has a different
reader and a different tone, basically a detective novel so far.