Wilder Farm

Wilder‑ness Blackberries

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These started as named cultivars, set out along the field edge in the 1940s. Which varieties, nobody wrote down. Over eighty‑five years they slipped the row and naturalized into the old stone walls and forest margins, and the Wilder family has tended them there ever since — cutting back the canes, keeping the edge open, picking by hand.

They ripen in late July and August. We pick in small batches in the morning, and they’re available only while they last.

Fresh Herbs

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Chamomile, mint, dill, and more. Harvested by the bundle, guided by what’s thriving and at its best. Our herbs are grown without any sprays and picked fresh the morning of sale.

Organic Potatoes

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Our 2025 organic potato varieties: Adirondack Blue, Caribou Russet, Chieftain, and Red Thumb. All grown without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, hand-harvested, and available for local pickup.

See individual variety pages for details on each potato.

Organic Adirondack Blue

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Dark blue skin and flesh. Excellent roasted or steamed. One of Maine’s most striking heritage varieties — the Adirondack Blue holds its vivid color through cooking and brings an earthy, nutty flavor to any dish.

Organic Caribou Russet

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A Maine classic. Great for baking and fries. The Caribou Russet was bred at the University of Maine for northern growing conditions — it produces reliably and stores beautifully through the winter months.

Organic Chieftain

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Red skin with white flesh. Great for boiling and salads. The Chieftain is a dependable all-purpose potato with smooth, thin skin that doesn’t need peeling.

Organic Red Thumb

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Red skin with pink flesh. Excellent roasted. A fingerling variety that’s as beautiful as it is flavorful — small, elongated tubers with a waxy texture that caramelizes perfectly in a hot oven.

Shiitake Mushrooms

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Log‑grown and hand‑harvested. Our shiitake mushrooms are cultivated on red oak logs in the shade of the forest edge. Each log fruits naturally over several years, producing meaty, full-flavored mushrooms with a depth you won’t find in store-bought varieties.

Organic Shell Peas

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A great delicacy of the Maine July. Eat them raw out of the shell, slow‑cooked with butter and salt, or try a simple French steam. If you want to put away for winter, this variety is a great freezer.

The Maple Allée

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The old sugar maples that line the drive to Wilder Farm have been here longer than the house. They were planted by the settlers who built this farm, but the trees they replaced had fed people on this land for thousands of years.

Wrapping Up the 2025 Season

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The 2025 growing season is drawing to a close. The potatoes are dug, the beans are threshed, and the last of the shiitake are coming off the logs.

It was a good year. The Adirondack Blues yielded well despite a dry July, and the Jacob’s Cattle beans — our first serious dry bean crop — exceeded every expectation. We threshed them by hand over a long October weekend, which was equal parts satisfying and exhausting.

Welcome to the Wilder Farm Log

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We’ve been meaning to start writing things down for a while now. Not instructions or advice — just honest notes from a small farm in Maine.

This is where we’ll share what’s happening in the fields: what’s growing, what surprised us, what failed, and what we’re trying next. Expect harvest updates, the occasional recipe, and glimpses of daily life on a working farm.

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