BKFK Farms - Belvidere, TN

40 t posts set 12 feet apart is 480 feet of grapes/muscadines. Times 8 rows = 3840 feet of fruit. A mile is 5280 feet. We have roughly 3/4 of a mile of grapes and I managed to trim back maybe 10 to 15% this year. If you follow this page and you want to come pick some this late summer/fall, let us know! Even I couldn’t eat all of this!

When we bought the farm last year, there were many places we couldn’t get to either from fear of summer critters (😬) or the brush was just too thick. But never fear, Tyler Tawwater was near and up to the task! He has worked so hard on the hills behind the house, so now we can get up there on a Polaris and have these beautiful views (1st & 2nd picture) we have never seen before today. He and Brad also cleared a path from behind the house, up the hill (3rd picture) and then to the river. We can’t thank you enough Tyler!

With us only having the farm a few months, our “harvest” this fall was small, but oh so fun! We found a surprise pumpkin vine in front of the farmhouse that helped me decorate my front yard. Mom and Dad picked 10 gallons of muscadines. They delivered them to some of their neighbors, who in turn made them some muscadine jelly! Tyler Tawwater also continued baling hay for us which will feed his cattle and some of the animals at Burritt on the Mountain this winter. Y’all come see us in Belvidere! 🚜🚜🚜

Tyler Tawwater asked us if he could keep 5 heifers in a field. My first thought was “What’s a heifer?!?” 🤷‍♀️. Once I realized what it was, my second question was “How bad does a heifer smell?” Tyler assured us he’ll “run up and do a smell check every now and then to make sure it doesn’t smell like 💩”. Brad said “How are you going to know? YOU smell like 💩!” 😜 Truth is everyone who works on our farm (including us!) smells like p**p at the end of the day if they are lucky! And it turns out that we love our heifers! . 😜

Brad and I have loved meeting all our new neighbors. As they say “there’s always something that needs fixin’ on a farm.” When we would have these issues we would stress and wonder who would help us? When the grass started getting high, we wondered who would cut for us? When we wanted a field prepped for a dove hunt, we wondered who could manicure a field? Then a fabulous young man named Tyler Tawwater came along and eased all our fears. He has been truly invaluable to us! He is also full of surprises as one night he sent us these beautiful pictures of the now freshly cut vineyard. Enjoy his artistry he creates with his John Deere. 🚜🚜🚜

Dead, ugly, vine infested tree now gone!

Some wildlife on the farm and some domesticated critters who play hard and nap hard. 🤣

With the farmhouse water supply being from a spring, Brad has had a learning curve over the past few months. We are happy to report that, with the help of a local plumber, the water pressure is now so strong that you no longer have to run around in the shower to get wet, and we now need a shower curtain! 😂😜

These pictures were taken the day that we closed, March 26, 2021. I was so happy to see the cherry tree in bloom, and Brad trimmed some of the grapevines. Sophie and Nana enjoyed the view.

On March 26 Brad and I bought a farm in Belvidere, TN. It has rolling hills, frontage on the Elk River, a muscadine vineyard and an 1890’s farmhouse. It’s a lot of work and a whole lot of fun. This page is to share with those interested and to document information for ourselves (our memory ain’t what it used to be!).

These pictures were taken the day we saw it.