Mighty pleased to meet you. Allow me to introduce you to our family.
Dale is the patriarch of the current operation. He built it up to the farm it is today. His father started the enterprise. So that means we are a third-generation farm.
Perry is Dale’s son (& he is my husband). He started farming around the age of 7 (no joke!) He stays busy working cattle, wrestling bulls, overseeing the farm operation, repairing equipment, talking to people, planting crops, etc. etc. etc. The phrase daylight to dusk applies. During the lunch hour you can often find him and other local farmers at one of our two eating locales: Englewood’s Tellico Junction Cafe or Navarro’s Smokehouse …drinking sweet tea, eating dessert, and talking farm.
He’s mischievous with a heart of gold. He graduated from Tennessee Wesleyan College with a double major in business and a side of TWC Bulldog Soccer (he’s quick to tell you his team went to the National Championship). He manages our family farm and is also a licensed general and residential contractor. One of his main missions is preserving the land for future generations. Perry is usually wearing overalls or a pair of ragged jeans, but don’t let him fool you…he looks pretty handsome in a suit, too.
(Perry & Charlie rounding up the cattle)
I’m Sarah. I’m a former teacher and now a stay-at-home mom. I earned my Ph.D from the University of Tennessee, but am home with my kiddos now. I’m also an author. It’s hard to believe, but I have a book that lives on the shelves at Barnes & Noble and beyond. You can read more at my website by clicking HERE.
I spend my days chasing our four children, cleaning up messes, laughing, drinking large quantities of coffee, playing outside with my little ones, writing, cleaning up messes, coloring, rocking my baby, eating chocolate, and watching the tractors drive up and down my driveway. Oh yeah…and figuring out how to remove mud from clothing.
I am blessed that my husband and I have the opportunity to raise our children on a working farm. From feeding the ducks, pigs, and chickens to jumping in mud puddles-the farm is the epitome of paradise for a child.
(Uummm… we don’t always wear white on the farm & look so dressed up. Ha. Our friend did a family photoshoot for us.)
We are also fortunate to have a team of men & women who help us with farming. I really need to get some more photos up of them! I’ll do that. They are INTEGRAL to keeping this farm going.
