Farmer's Club:
We are offering the early bird special for our Farmer's Club CSA this year...same as before: If you send us a check before the end of May, we will load 10 % more on your card. Please check Farmer's Club tab for more info.
Posted 9-12-26
Updated Hours!!
Open 10-4 each day, Sunday-Saturday. EXCEPT for Mondays. We are closed on Mondays.
Apples are coming along nicely. We should have Honeycrisp available soon! Apples at the store are Duchess, Zestar, and Paula Reds.
It is still too early for U-pick....we will let you know when enough apples are ready for us to open the orchard for U-pick.
Mums are looking great....come get them while there's a great selection. ...4 1/2", 9", and 12" hanging pots.
Winter squash is here...acorn, delicata, spaghetti, sweet dumpling, red kuri, and buttercup. Pumpkins, corn stalks, and straw bales outside. Corn and watermelon are under the porch.
In the farm store we have carrots, green and yellow beans, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green tomatoes, zucchini, summer squash, new potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, fresh eggs, honey, maple syrup, and ployes mix.
Posted 6-1-26
Good morning everyone!! Maine Senior FarmShare Program sign up starts today!!
As we posted earlier, you need to use the online application form.
Click on this link:
and when you click on "Apply" the application pops up.
The form is easy to fill out, and even has a proxy form attached if you want to designate someone to pick up your produce.
If someone is using their smartphone or laptop to help you do this, you can type in your name yourself and it will be your electronic signature.
If you have no way to apply online, you may call 207-287-3491 to schedule an appointment for phone-based enrollment.
We will also have an in person sign- up opportunity on Monday June 8th from 3-6 pm at the Caribou Wellness Center at 55 Bennett Drive. Two members of DACF will be there with laptops to sign folks up.
We encourage you to sign up online, as it is the quickest way and you find out right then if you are enrolled with the farm.
There is also a 15- day waiting period from the day you sign up till you can use your farmshare, so don't wait too long!
SO MUCH INFORMATION! I know we will get through this new process just fine. You can call us if you have questions and we'll get back to you as soon as possible!! 498-8276
Strawberries may be the most popular crop grown on the McElwain farm, but we sell a variety of vegetables and small fruits during the summer and fall.
A retired country schoolhouse serves as the farmstand, where we sell lettuce, beet greens, chard, cukes, peas, new potatoes, string beans, tomatoes, summer squash, zucchini, sweet corn, green peppers, broccoli, apples, carrots, onions, pumpkin and squash.
Check here, our facebook page, or call the farm (207) 498-8276 before coming to pick strawberries. Weather conditions and customer demand will affect availability.
Hours of operation vary. Please call or check fb for updates. 