Millix Family Farm

Spring has sprung and the weather has taken a turn towards warm! We have started our garden plans and we have even planted our tomato and pepper plants! We have decided to have raised beds this year, we have not had much luck the past few years with our traditional garden. We needed a change that will hopefully help us achieve our garden dreams! I always become so excited this time of year to get our gardens going. I love to get my hands dirty in the wonderful soil that will supply our table with such beautiful foods. I cannot wait to bite into that very first tomato fresh from the vine, we all stand at the gardens edge sharing that first bite. The colors that emanate from the garden are in so many ways more beautiful than a flower garden. They are bright, vibrant and delicious. I am hoping that this year we will have a bountiful harvest. I want to be able to share our gorgeous stripped heirloom tomatoes with friends and we would love to actually get enough pumpkins to sell when the leaves begin to turn. Our cucumbers, beans and summer squash will line our pantry shelves neatly tucked inside their glass jars, our basil will lay between slices of juicy Big Boy tomatoes and fresh mozzarella cheese, our red ripe strawberry will share the spotlight with fresh whipped cream atop a tender slice of angel food cake. Those are the things that garden dreams are made of! Those are the memories I have from the gardens my parents always had. Rows and rows of every kind of fruit and vegetable you could possibly ever imagine and never a weed in sight. I will succeed this year and I will love every second of the journey.