Our Story

Hello!  We are Bryan and Natalie Miller and our farm has been in the same family since 1902 when Natalie's great great grandfather John Redick purchased the current home and surrounding farm land.   Eventually, he sold the farm to his daughter Eva and her husband, Andy Bower, who continued to reside upon and farm the land.  The property stayed under the ownership of their descendants until 2008 when the property was put up for sale and we purchased it. We spent about nine months renovating the farm house before moving into it in the spring of 2009. Throughout the years the farm has grown a variety of crops including hay, wheat, beans, corn as well as having a small working dairy, ducks, and chickens.

 

In 2012, a severe storm with straight line winds destroyed our 1900 barn.  Where the barn orginally stood, we planted a large nature area full of flowers and trees.  Little did we know at the time, this would eventually serve as the main entry area of our future Christmas tree farm. 

 

Fast forward five years to 2017, delirious with three young children in tow, we

decided to start our organic Christmas Tree Farm.  That spring, we planted our first

Christmas trees on a small one acre plot east of the house.  We planted around

250 trees of which only seven survived!  Unfortunately, there was a bit of a

learning curve and we made some mistakes that we corrected the following

year.  Since then, we have continued to increase our plantings and acreage and are planting around 800 trees a year.

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In 2019 we had the honor of having our farm recognized as an Ohio Century Farm

meaning the farm has remained continuously within the same family for least 100 years. 

Currently, our homestead and tree farm account for roughly while the rest of the

surrounding family acreage is farmed by Natalie's brother using no-till beans and corn.

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In late March of 2024 a rare F1 tornado touched down two miles west of our home and traveled down our road towards our home.  The tornado appeared to move northeast across the back portion of our property

before trailing off.  Although short in duration it still managed to destroy our original Christmas tree sales

shed, some Christmas trees, our large barn and dropped the old chicken shed on top of one of our cars.

Thanks to our amazing neighbors and friends nearby we were able to quickly get all the debris cleaned up

an hauled away in a weekend! 

 

In September, a new pole barn was officially completed and would now serve as our tree farm sales, small gift shop and pre-cut display area.   We officially opened for business in November of 2024 for the first time to the public!