Memorial Day weekend

Mr. Fuzzy left the farm for the weekend; Mrs. Fuzzy stayed behind as she had a recital performance on Saturday (she promises to blog about the experience soon).

The weekend was spent at Natural Tunnel State park, near Duffield, Virginia, way west int he very tail of the state. Mr. Fuzzy never saw the tunnel, however, as he was living in the 18th century in another part of the park; more will be posted about his anon.

The two mornings there debuted with heavy fogs laying in the valleys betwixt the numerous ridges. Saturday morning's sunrise is attached for your viewing.

thankful

Dearest Reader(s),
Yesterday Mr. Fuzzy posted his labors in the garden; today he planted the first corn, "Quickie" - and less than three hours later, the Creator brought 0.50" of gentle rain over an hour or so. As if to add sprinkles on top of the ice cream, at the cessation of precipitation, a glorious double rainbow appeared in the eastern sky.

The old man feels blessed.

gardening

The first pass - breaking the ground and loosening the weeds... and finding all the big stones.

Last summer's compost spread on the freshly turned soil.

Compost worked into the soil

The final step before seeding - smoothing and leveling. It took almost five hours to ready this 9 x 25 foot patch - and Mr. Fuzzy is feeling his age right now... will save the seeding until tomorrow when hopefully he will still be able to bend over.

Mycelium in the compost which will greatly enhance uptake of the nutrients in the soil and generally aid plant health.

Chillington hoe from Uganda on the left and a normal American hoe on the right. The heft of the Chillington hoe breaks through the hardest clay like a knife through butter. The long and stout handle provides plenty of leverage to pry out the infamous Floyd county white quartz and weeds with deep tap roots such as burdock. Mr. Fuzzy only uses the standard hoe for "garden variety" weeding.

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the Raid at Martin's Station

A photo from last Saturday's night raid, which recreates the 1775 Cherokee attack.

Mrs. Fuzzy will write more about it and Mr. Fuzzy will illustrate her text.

Award

The image says it all. Thank you, Virginia Department of Forestry for the recognition.

Colonial Trade Fair at Fort Frederick, Maryland

Orange boys

The bed is occupied day and night; humans at night, felines in the day. Here are the three orange boys taking an after breakfast nap: (l to r) Chetworth, Buster, Freddie.