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We are a family farm located in Bellevue that is committed to providing our fellow Nashvillians with the produce their bodies crave. We combine the produce we grow in our "urban farm", with produce from other local growers to create our Half Bushels and Pecks, a weekly CSA program that is unlike anything in the area. Check back often for updates on this awesome opportunity! While we are at Nashville Farmers' Market Friday - Sunday each week, we are open daily at our onsite farmstand, located at the intersection of Highway 70 S and Highway 70/Charlotte Pike in Bellevue (8250 Highway 70 S, Nashville, TN 37221).

Running a business is funny. Sunday night you are sitting down to a glass of w**e after a much needed successful weekend...
10/05/2026

Running a business is funny. Sunday night you are sitting down to a glass of w**e after a much needed successful weekend. Monday morning you are shoveling horse manure and worm castings on crops that you hope to sell 6 months from now. Lots of people comment on that packed parking lot we have been blessed with on the weekends. It’s all the dirty work that makes the difference.
Farmstand and flower fields open 8-6 today.
~Smoke

Another great day in the books. Thank you! When I’m at one of our farms I am wired to see every problem or potential iss...
10/05/2026

Another great day in the books. Thank you! When I’m at one of our farms I am wired to see every problem or potential issue. It’s actually what makes me really good, but I tend to miss the beauty of what we have created most days. I appreciate all the pics that we are tagged in from our customers. I get to see the farm through your eyes. It’s really important that we don’t get tunnel vision and only see the world through our tiny view point.
~Smoke

Good morning guys! We had a great day yesterday and I wanted to make sure you all know how much our family appreciates t...
10/04/2026

Good morning guys! We had a great day yesterday and I wanted to make sure you all know how much our family appreciates the support for what we do. I think it could be another good day coming up.

Yesterday, I was planting some seeds and a little girl came over and kneeled down beside me asking what I was doing? I let her know what I was planting and we had a little small talk before she ran back into the pumpkins and joined her mom, dad and what I’m guessing was her grandparents. A perfect family on a perfect day. I’d bet she could talk them into buying anything she wanted on my lot. Great for me! And awesome for her! I’ve also seen single moms out here in years past doing all she can to give her kids a great experience, but definitely limiting the kids to maybe one or two small pumpkins they could put in their hand. It’s hard for those kids to understand watching other kids fill up carts and they can’t.

I can’t fix that whole scenario, but when I see how I can make something better, then that’s what I’m gonna do. So, if you are a single parent, bring your kids out here. There is no admission to walk the pumpkin patch. Tell the ladies up front about this social media post and they will give you 50% off your pumpkin/mum purchase. I’ll keep this offer extended through the remainder of the Fall. Hope this eases a little stress in what should be a memory making season.

Farmstand and Flower fields open 9-5 today.
Smoke

Fall is my favorite season, but I gotta say that September was very hard on us. It’s gonna make us really appreciate Oct...
10/03/2026

Fall is my favorite season, but I gotta say that September was very hard on us. It’s gonna make us really appreciate October even more. The crew worked through the rain yesterday and by all indications the weekend’s forecast looks tremendous compared to what we had been told to expect.

I can’t do the pumpkin lot justice with one pic and my sleep deprived eyes. It’s really beautiful. Promise. October is our month that makes the current year and sets up the following year. I put a lot of emphasis and pressure on these 31 days. Gotta get the hay in the barn. I feel optimistic for the first time in a few months. We need yall out here enjoying the scenery and maybe buying something that catches your eye. Show us some love this month.

One more thing! We are going to be selling bare root peonies starting this week. 2/3 eye in the prettiest of colors for $15. The next couple months is the best time to plant. Who wouldn’t want peonies next Spring?

Farmstand and Flower fields open 8-6 today.
~Smoke

Happy 22nd Anniversary to my bride. My best decision was picking someone that balances me out. When the world tells me I...
10/02/2026

Happy 22nd Anniversary to my bride. My best decision was picking someone that balances me out. When the world tells me I’m great, she keeps me humble. When life is hard, she tells me it’s only temporary and picks me up. When crops are bad, she stretches our dollars. When crops are good, there will be 10 Amazon packages in the kitchen. Balance.

We get a lot of couples that come out to the farm on dates. Had several engagements and even a couple small weddings. Here’s my advice. Find someone that you would still pick if all the good things in your life took a downturn. Find someone that can remember all your good deeds and forgets your failures. Find someone that you can trust with your life. Find someone that you are attracted to by their heart and personality more than their looks.

Farmstand and Flower fields open 8-6 today.
~Smoke

I think I’ve got pumpkins displayed in every zip code in Nashville. That might be why I’m Pumpkin Daddy… One place I vis...
10/02/2026

I think I’ve got pumpkins displayed in every zip code in Nashville. That might be why I’m Pumpkin Daddy… One place I visited a couple months ago was The Chloe Nashville in Hillsboro Village. This place is really neat. Awesome place for an in town getaway. I’ve got a good spread of pumpkins for sale there. Stop in for a bite, a drink and a few pumpkins.
~Smoke

Watching the sun come up, on top of my John Deere is good for my soul. All day yesterday I had people asking me how exc...
10/01/2026

Watching the sun come up, on top of my John Deere is good for my soul. All day yesterday I had people asking me how excited I was that we are expecting rain this weekend? The funny thing about it is that I want no part of rain this weekend. We desperately need it, but not on a Saturday and Sunday on what is usually one of our busiest weekends of the year. This business is tricky. 5 days out of the week I lose money. The only chance for profit comes from beautiful weekends. Thats just the facts. That’s why this business is unlike so many others. And while making a living is not easy for farmers, I’d bet hardly any of us would trade it for a 6 figure office job. I’ll let the hum of the tractor calm my nerves and keep at it.
Farmstand and flower fields open 8-6 today.
~Smoke

I had another entrepreneur recently ask me how I balance my time? How I cram everything into 24 hour days x 7 days per w...
09/30/2026

I had another entrepreneur recently ask me how I balance my time? How I cram everything into 24 hour days x 7 days per week? For me, since the beginning of the farm I knew that in every season something had to be sacrificed. Many seasons I sacrificed health and family time chasing wealth (really just trying to keep the business afloat). To be great at anything, you are almost sure to neglect something else. It’s extremely difficult to be a successful entrepreneur without sacrificing other key parts of your life. There was a long stretch of time that I worked 5am till 8pm. That meant I missed all 3 family meals and lots of activities when the boys were young. I can’t get that time back, but i knew that I couldn’t give them the future I wanted for them without missing out on lots of things in their childhood. I have regrets on some of that. I could have been better. But, they can count on picking whatever college they want or career they want to chase, and money in their account so that they can figure out who they want to be as they enter adulthood. Maybe someday they’ll understand why dad wasn’t there at every game and dinner.

This past year as my oldest boy became a senior in high school, I decided to start sacrificing work (wealth) and make sure I didn’t miss those last days of his childhood. It was one of my better decisions. I delegate more now. I workout almost every day and have been home for dinner almost every night. Penelope, my red headed firecracker expects me to be in the driveway at 6:35 every night to play soccer. It’s our time together.

I say all this because I know I’ve got a lot of other small businesses that follow me. They are not sure how to make it all happen. Everyone has to find the right balance for themselves and it’s gonna change every year. If you are not good with that, then running your own business is not for you. And that is perfectly fine. There have been a lot of times I would have liked to have a clock in and out time and know that a paycheck was waiting on me after my 40 hours. Instagram is made to share the highlights. It doesn’t tell the whole story.
Farmstand and flower fields open 8-6 today.
~Smoke

This morning I’ve been going over numbers. Primarily expenses going into next year. I think one of our industries bigges...
09/29/2026

This morning I’ve been going over numbers. Primarily expenses going into next year. I think one of our industries biggest downfalls is that we have really good farmers that are not necessarily good at business. Year after year I study the business side of things. And I’ve been blessed. Also, very lucky. Right place at the right time. One door closes, two more open. Blessed and lucky is a good place to be.

Between supplies and crops planted that won’t be harvested till next year (tulips, overwintered flowers, strawberries) I’ll have close to 125k dollars buried in wet dirt. Just sitting over the winter with a hope and a prayer that it’s sunny when it needs to be and rains when we want it. Two things can be true at the same time. It’s exciting about what could be and a sick feeling that it could all fall apart.

I have to remind myself sometimes that even with all my preparation and knowledge I’ve accumulated. It still comes down to blessings from above and a little luck on my end.

Farmstand and flower fields open 8-6 today.
~Smoke

I had a Venture Capital company contact me this week telling me they want to meet about buying my business. This is a fi...
09/28/2026

I had a Venture Capital company contact me this week telling me they want to meet about buying my business. This is a first for me and I sat down to think about what that would look like. I got to thinking that I can take this inquiry two ways. 1) they think that with a tough farm economy that they can gobble up small farms that are desperate. 2) they see our success and think that with their capital, MBA’s and spreadsheets that they can do it better than me. Either way, I’m not taking it as a compliment.

They don’t understand that this is not a straightforward business of supply and demand. It can’t be valued or understood by a profit and loss spreadsheet. It’s understanding the weather better than half the meteorologists. It’s half CEO and half manure scooper. It’s the thousands of customers that we have earned their trust over the last 13 years. It’s the 20 families that work for me knowing my check is gonna be good every payday.

I’m a very confident guy. And it’s because I’m sitting with a cup of coffee at 3am every morning preparing and planning. If it’s Gods blessing, I’ll keep scaling up and provide more food and jobs. I’m not for sale until my kids are all taken care of and I’ve little dock payed for on some Bay. And I’m along ways from either of those things in place.
Farmstand and flower fields open 8-6 today.
~Smoke

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Highway 70/Charlotte Pike Split (Bellevue), 8250 Highway 70 S
Nashville, TN
37221

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Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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