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SAFF Pawpaws, roads and a Tiny House

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Asimina triloba buds still dormant despite the wacky weather.

We drove over to Buckingham County yesterday to pick up soil test kits and drop off paperwork before heading to SAFF. Spring has sprung in many pockets of Virginia with purple flower buds emerging from red bud trees and bright yellow forsythia and daffodils blooming. After the deep cold snap, it appears we’ve made it and the weather will keep warming up from here.

Peach tree blossoms at Edible Landscaping on Saturday in Afton Virginia.

On Wednesday, the day before, we drove backroads down through Lexington’s Maury River and Kerrs Creek Virginia. We drove further down through George Washington and Jefferson National Forest through creeks and hollers down to Troutville. It was beautiful and we kept our eyes open for pawpaws the whole way. We went to look at a tiny house that we’ve decided to buy and place at Saint Andrews Forest Farm so we can spend part of our time out there.

Victorian tiny house built by engineering students during the early days of pandemic.
We will have to finish the inside and make a few fixes but we are excited about the possibilities.

So yesterday we went over to SAFF and decided we would place it on our pad just off the driveway up top. We took down one invasive paulownia tree that would interfere with our plans. We have a few more trees to cut down to make a safe space for the tiny house.

Finally this paulownia is down. It was a job. Now we have to get it out of the way.

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    1. We are so excited. It’s all a dream come true. Thank you! 🙏🏼 There is lots of hard work still to be done. We had planned on converting a shed to a cabin but when we saw this, we knew it was special. 🫶🏼

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