Ossipee Hill Farm & Observatory

09/02/2026

A couple pears turned yellow and soft, ready for processing. I sliced and soaked in a lemon bath then froze for freeze drying. Still have 50ish pounds of green ones left. They will ripen over the next week. Still for sale on the porch.

09/01/2026

Roughly 80 pounds of ripening and 20ish pounds of are available! $3 a pound, cash/check or Venmo. Awkwardly find them on our home porch.

08/31/2026

I have picked more pears than I know what to do with. Reach out if you’d like some!

08/29/2026

I’ve got a lot of grapes. Tart concord taste. If they interest you please reach out! Pears are available too!

07/29/2026

Greetings,

This past week I heard this phrase, "It takes 100 years to raise a good child," several times. This idea is rather poignant for me right now. A little over a week ago my grandmother passed away. She was close to 100 years old. A woman dedicated to building good things. A person who in turn, makes my children better people.

I spent the last week processing her death while attending the Maine Grain Alliance's Kneading conference, as it came just days after. It was the best way to mourn her. A lot of what I do is inspired by her. She managed school cafeterias in Central Florida and loved farming and gardening. The farm stand scale and the bowls I use for mixing dough once belonged to her. I've been lucky to obtain her handwritten cafeteria cookbook, too.

The Kneading Conference created space for conversations that I really needed. Like the importance of well grown food incorporated into our school system. The value of maintaining traditions and sharing them with the next generation. Building the food system builds the community. I've been reinvigorated with what my purpose is here at Ossipee Hill Farm. Thank you to the many conversations and for those who let me cry with them. I could make a list but it would be long.

I don't have many updates pertaining to the farm. We are just diligently w**ding and composting all of the beds. It looks like we may have a crop of grapes and pears to sell in the coming months; I will keep you posted.

There are no events planned but I'm inspired to try cooking classes again. Possibly next month. Thinking canning.

The Perseids meteor shower peaks August 12-13. If you would like to come out and use the deck you are welcome, just give me a heads up. Looks like potentially good viewing this year! Phillip is still keeping up with astrophotography. His goal is to collect at least one hundred hours of data on The Ghost Nebula and The Cave Nebula before editing them. He also has been tracking Comet 10P/Tempel which will have its closest approach on August 3rd.
-Gwendolyn

07/19/2026

All sold out of pre foraged raspberries and likely won’t have time to pick again this week. You Foraged Raspberries is available but know it’s bit more wild than the usual
$5 a pound.

07/18/2026

Found a few pounds early this morning that are in the fridge. More raspberries to be picked if you want to try.

07/15/2026

The patch has more than I can manage to forage alone. It’s wild in there, lots of buzzing. If you’re okay with walking through the fecund area, feel free to forage. $5 a pound. There are pre picks for $4 a pint in the fridge. May find a strawberry or two.

07/07/2026

Greetings,

I hope you have enjoyed Maine strawberries over the last month. Fresh Maine produce is a ray of light. We are so grateful to those who took the time to come and forage. We hope you found joy in the experience.

Though the season didn’t yield the many pounds we dreamed of, we still view this year as growth. We have a load of organic compost from Benson Farm that Phillip has started to apply to the plants. Plus we are putting down more peas and oat seeds for extra nitrogen and w**d suppression. Hopefully, this will get the plants more up to par for next year.
Closed to You Forage for the season. A couple of pounds of strawberries remain and our raspberry patch is starting to produce. We are plugging in the fridges at the farm stand and will stock them with what we can pick. I will try to keep the website updated with our availability. Feel free to stop by sunrise to sunset. $3 a pint for strawberries. $4 a pint for raspberries.

Also, I wanted to remind you that our observation deck is available for rent. Hosted a beautiful wedding earlier this month. It made us wish more people would use the space. We are searching for caterers and vendors to add to our list.
I have so many more things I’d love to share with you but there is a lot of work to do.
-Gwendolyn

06/20/2026