LIFESTYLE
A Southern Gentleman Is...
fall! ...all about
BY TIM KEARNS
October for a southern gentleman is a great month with much to do; football, bourbon, putting seersucker away and pulling out the sweaters, over seeding the lawn, digging up fried summer plants, pumpkins, mums, etc., is there really time to enjoy it all? Today’s crazy world has us changing the things we previously considered “normal” during fall. For example, we might not be able to tailgate or go to Titan’s football games. Things we still might be able to do during this fall include watching The Masters, although I’m pretty sure there won’t be any blooming azalea’s in those TV shots! Some things, like transitioning the yard into winter, can still take place even though the rest of our lives seems to be in the twilight zone. A Southern Gentleman takes pride in himself, his appearance and the appearance of his home, yard, cars, etc. After a hot, dry summer, the first place to start is that yard. The spring flower beds need to be replaced by fresh fall annuals. Fescue yards need to be aerated and over seeded, both fescue and the warm season grasses need to be fed a good fall fertilizer. I try to get mine completed by mid-September, because by mid-October I want the new sprigs of dark green freshly mowed fescue looking great when football season starts. The beginning of
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football season is when it’s time to pull the flat screen out on the deck, put a fire in the pit and invite friends over to watch football, socially distanced of course! Football means entertaining! To entertain your guests, you need to put on a spread that rivals the best brunches in Nashville. Putting some kind of meat on the grill is a must. You want your guy friends to ask you: “How did you do that?” or “What did you put in it to get that flavor?” Those type questions make a Grill Master feel proud! Being a Southern Gentleman, you also need to consider the ladies; they graze and likely don’t want to grab a rib or pile on some meat and look like cave women. To accommodate all guests, you need to also consider fruit, salads, and cheese assortments. All this eating is going to make friends thirsty for fall craft beer, wine and of course bourbon! Williamson County is blessed for many reasons, but a few I enjoy are the wealth of breweries, distilleries and wineries. In fact, a Master’s & Makers Trail was established to help guide you to a few of the local establishments. The places on this list are all centrally located in Williamson County and I can personally vouch that the proprietors of these establishments are all Southern Gentlemen too! If you want to
