Author: Tom Brady To most golfers, trees are just an obstacle to be overcome, but Toad Valley is more than just that. Forty years ago, when we opened, there were no trees on the course. Every tree has been planted. Some by “critters” and wind (once a seed source was near enough), but most have […]
Annual Tasting
We are host to about 40 weddings a year. When we first started doing weddings, we did an individual tasting for each couple. This wasn’t that big of a deal when there were only 4 couples. As we grew, we needed to come up with a better way for our couples to try out food. About […]
Meet Freddi. The Kitchen Guru.
I thought it might be fun to share some of the kitchen “behind the scenes” with you. My plan is to show you pictures of some of our creations, share recipes, and just an overall view of life in the kitchen with Freddi. Jason, my son, and his wife,Tree and Allison, my daughter, and her […]
Come On Baby. Light My Fire.
On August 1, 2013, we will celebrate our 40th year of being in business. Our business is located in Polk County. In those 40 years, we have never ever met up with the county’s fire inspector. Enter. Chad. The Polk County Fire Inspector. He told me that he was hired 5 years ago and it […]
Rise and Shine!
I am the seventh generation of Bradys who live within a five mile radius of the land that encompasses Toad Valley. That’s a lot of generations. In the early 1900’s, my great grandparents, Dan and Martha (Kit) Brady traveled to Wyoming to homestead a farm with the hope of owning a lot of land some […]
Did you say Toad Valley?
Yep. It’s the first thing someone says when I introduce myself. They really want it to be another name. After all, don’t most golf courses have a creek or spring in their name? Trust me. When you meet my family, it all makes sense. We are, for lack of a better term, a little uh, […]