Last weekend the HH and I visited Sealyon Farm in Alna, Maine for the first time and we had such a good time, we’re already looking forward to going back there this fall.
It’s no big secret that I LOVE Maine, but one of the things I love most about this state is all the different ways people around here seem to earn a living {or a side income}. It’s fascinating to me. And I have no idea why.
I guess maybe it’s nice to see so many people earning an income by doing something they love. Whether it’s baking bread, or making pies, or lobstering, or making hand towels, or in the case of Sealyon Farm… growing lavender and various fruits and vegetables on their farm.
During the month of July {while the lavender is in bloom} they welcome visitors to their farm to pick lavender {$7 a bundle} and they even have a few rows of raspberries you can pick as well.
As well as doing a few farmer’s markets in the area, they also open their farm back up to visitors in the fall and press fresh apple cider and have their fields open for picking pumpkins.
A peek into their greenhouse.
I need a greenhouse!
In addition to the lavender and produce they sell, they also offer a nice variety of freshly baked scones, jams, soaps, teas, honey and candles.
One of these days I’m going to try and make soap.
And soy candles too! 🙂
If you live in Mid-Coast Maine and you’re looking for something fun to do this summer {or in the fall} . Head on over to Sealyon Farm in Alna, Maine. You won’t be disappointed.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend,
~Mavis
P.S. Do you have a favorite U-Pick farm in your neck of the woods? We’d love to hear about it.
Sealyon Farm
1788 Alna Rd
Alna, ME 04535
Nancy Settel says
I think it is the can do spirit. They don’t depend on a big corp. to make a living. Have always been so fasinated with all of New England.
Rhonda says
Koch Family Farms in St. Paul Oregon for strawberries, raspberries, marionberries, boysenberries and more. Hildebrandt Cherry Orchards for sweet cherries in Dayton, Oregon.
HollyG says
Thank you for the tip Rhonda – – it’s only about an hour away from us.
Lori King says
You really do need a greenhouse!
Judybee says
I saw the picture of the greenhouse and thought, “That’s exactly what Mavis NEEDS!”
Kimberly Vassar says
When I lived in Maine, I spent the two Christmas seasons we were there, making wreaths at Mingo Farms in South Calais. I was working in the small hospital in Calais, I’m a nurse, but love making different things. I saw an ad in our weekly paper for wreath makers. Upstairs, in one their barns, was the wreath making. The smell was amazing. Mostly women making the wreaths, while the men were mostly the ones who tipped the trees. They would take long sticks and go into the woods, cutting tips off the trees and add them to their sticks. When the sticks were full they would bring them in for the wreath makers. This was the best part time job I ever had. Both years I made enough wreaths to pay for all of Christmas for our family and extended family. And I only did this two evenings a week. I know blueberry picking was a big summer job, and potato picking was an autumn job.
Wendy Steele says
I think you need a greenhouse and chickens -both of which you’ve had before!!! But you seem to have a good spread of land at this place, and I’m excited to see you continue to develop it!!