By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor They couldn’t have picked a better weekend to make their 2023 debut. With sweltering100 plus degree temperatures, the craving for an ice cold slice of Cave City Watermelon was at its all time high. In they came, but in small quantities on June 30 from Johnson Brothers and then a larger load on July 1 from Brian Carter Farms followed by three huge loads from Johnson Brothers…
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…
Moore Farms- Kevin Moore, Kolton Moore and Andrew CreekmoreTwo miles north of Cave City on Highway 167. Kevin Moore is a late comer to the watermelon grower scene in Cave City, but is none the less productive. Moore, who is a full time farmer and part time construction worker, began producing melons in 2008. He had been around melon production his entire life and always wanted to try it, so he threw…
