By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor While Covid slammed the doors of many businesses, others were born and flourished. Necessity is definitely the mother of invention, and nothing is more true than of the birth of Garland Farms. Cave City hairdresser Bridget Garland’s business was shut down for months during Covid, however the bills did not cease. Bridget Garland, had always loved making homemade gifts like sugar scrubs, but really loved wax melts.…
By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor After receiving much needed rainfall, Spring River Country is still below normal for the year. While the drought appears to have ended, the long term effects on farmers is still being felt and much needed payments totaling $2.3 million have been sent out to area farmers from the Sharp And Fulton County Farm Services Agency offices. The funds, appropriated by a federal drought emergency declaration will assist…
Tim Carter Watermelons-Tim, Britney, Grayson and John AlanMain Street on Highway 167, next door to Dollar General Tim Carter is another Cave City watermelon grower that goes back several generations and shares the long line of melon blood in Cave City. Carter works a full time job at the Cave City School Department and also teaches agriculture classes. He operates his stand with his sons and Grayson, 16, John Alan, 12, and…
Perkey and Wooldridge Farms- Arba Perkey and Rustin “Tuff” Wooldridge. Pictured withemployees Shelly Gallap and Dawson Hooker. Located at 1424 Hwy. 167 North of Cave City. While Rustin Wooldridge wasn’t even a thought when the Perkey and Wooldridge Farm began over 40 years ago. There is no argument he has been instrumental in the operation for the last five years. Rustin is a young farmer who has spent his life in Cave…
Wendall and Mickey Perkey-Two miles north of Cave City on Highway 167. Watermelon blood runs deep in Cave City and grower Wendall Perkey is yet another example. At 62 years old, Perkey has been working in the watermelon fields for over a half a century, since he was seven years old. He has seen about everything a Cave City watermelon grower can imagine. From the days of hoeing the fields by hand…
