Living On Curry Road: Pick'n Time At Tinsman

Welcome to the Adventures of Living On Curry Road

Rye, Arkansas is located eleven miles north of Warren, AR, fifteen miles west of Monticello, AR and approximately thirty miles south of Pine Bluff, AR. Rye has been the home of the Curry family for over five generations. This family has farmed this land producing cattle, chickens, timber. The area is beautiful and the family culture is equally impressive with its generations of family that continue to live by the standards that made America a great country.

Rye, AR and the Curry family are a story of strong American values and the building of personal character, the love of God and a lot of very hard dedicated work. Donald Curry and Kay Curry are the current owners of most of the original farm land originally developed by the generations of Curry family. Kay Curry is the daughter of Jimmy and Hazel Baker and married Donald over fifty years ago. Both have continued the legacy of the farm life on Curry Road. Donald and Kay have raised a family of two daughters and one son. Mark Curry currently operates a cattle operation as well as four chicken houses on his part of the property. Lisa Tooke, wife of Dennis Tooke of Lake Charles, La and Donna Curry, of Little Rock, AR plan to retire back to the farm land when thier retirement time comes.

Jane and I were asked to help in a restoration of the 104 year old house shown above. We are so blessed to be allowed to have input as well as provide a labor of love to help restore this house to its original beauty for Donald and Kay Curry

As Jane and I came into the property with our RV, we came down the gravel road leading to Curry Road. We came down this gravel road and had to stop and take a picture. We are including that picture with this overview so you too can see the beauty of this area.

It reminded us of the book “The Painted House” by John Grisham and we hope you will get the same response.

Jane, Carl and Charlie Pierce

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Pick'n Time At Tinsman

There is this farm down at Tinsman that grows peaches, blackberries, blueberries, plums and all different varieties of peaches. My favorite.

Jane, Kay and Donna spent took a day and went to pick some of the special fruit for eating now, canning and freezing. Boy is this stuff great or what? Jane didn't want her picture included as "eating while you pick, before you weigh out" is an art and she just didn't have her game face that day. Next year, Jane is going with her pockets lined with alum-foil just to be competitive.

The blue berries are sooooo good and soooo sweet. Makes you want to "slap ya momma" there're so good.

They grow them every year and have for years as I understand. The prices are unbelievable and the freshness is unbeatable. Plus, it don't hurt to have some excellent Pickers to go them either.

They have a number of different types of peaches and they come in at different times of the year. All are excellent and the juice just drips off your elbows when you really get into them.