You may know Seth from the Ocala Downtown Market, or from a visit to Millwood Flower Farm for a field tour. You know he can grow beautiful flowers and tell you all about no-dig growing. But I bet there are some things you didn’t know about him. He has been taking care of his parents for the last three years. Yup, when his dad’s seizures returned while he was on the roof, no less, Seth got him safely off the roof.
Read MoreMy husband, Joe, passed away on January 16th. Since we are a flower farm, I guess our family and friends thought we wouldn’t want to receive flowers. I found myself craving the beauty of sympathy expressed by flowers, so with some of the money a dear friend gave us to help with expenses of the Celebration of Life, I ordered flowers for myself from some of my flower tribe in Gainesville, Florida.
Read MoreMerry Christmas! I hope you build beautiful memories with the important people in your life this holiday season. The picture above is me and my husband, Joe, Christmas 2018. He is not an average Joe. He is the man who built my dream life. I met him when I was 18 years old and married him before I was 19. He is the strongest, kindest, sweetest, funniest, best person I have ever known. Within days of this photo he learned he has a malignant brain tumor - again. I’d like to tell you about him, since Millwood Flower Farm is a family operation.
Read MoreAlthough the Farmer’s Almanac shows December 7, 2021, is our first frost date, it is actually going to be in the 70’s today. And guess what. We had 2 light frosts in October. To say the least, it is hard to plan the flower field in today’s climate.
Truthfully, though, we are not very good at planning ahead. We pretty much go by last year. If you were in our field, you would hear a lot of: “Bupleurum did really good here last year.”
Read MoreOctober came and went so fast, but each October is a mile-marker for us. Three years ago, we officially started Millwood Flower Farm on our property of approximately 2 acres. We began with a few raised beds and 2 of our 80’ rows. Now if you come out for a visit, you will find that we have increased the number of raised beds and rows. Seth is in the process of building rows 12 and 13!
Read MoreThe most important lesson we have learned about growing flowers so far is to overwinter for spring blooms. Starting our seeds, corms and tubers and planting them in the fall changed everything! In our area the beloved Master Gardeners spring festival is in March. For me, this always marked the beginning of spring planting, but we learned that if we wait until March, we have lost the best months for getting started. And anything started in March here has a limited amount of days before the heat bears down on us.
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