Shalom Orchard Organic Farm, Winery and B&B

A farmstay combines learning and relaxation in our beautiful Downeast Maine. Farmstays are designed for persons interested in some aspect of organic growing, natural animal care or winemaking. Perhaps you are interested in starting a garden, raising some animals, learning winemaking, spinning or just trying out farm life to see if it is for you. Individually designed for our visitors’ interests, we can teach you what you are interested in learning. A farmstay is minimally a one week stay and may be longer. Your time is balanced between hands on learning, and time to enjoy and visit our beautiful, coastal vacationland. We will provide you with materials and instruction and you may work along side our crew. We will also feed you our well-known farm breakfasts before you start your day.

Some possible topics:

• building soil organically
• composting
• natural animal care
• organic weed and insect management
• orchard management
• beekeeping
• spinning
• plant dyeing
• soapmaking
• organic winemaking
• cooking with seasonal foods
• organic standards and certification
• philosophy and economics of organic growing
• how a CSA operates

A typical farmstay might look like:

• Arrival on Saturday: check in by 5:00 PM
• Sunday: free for touring
• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: join the staff after breakfast at 9:00 AM for your chosen topics until noon.
• Wednesday: 9:00 - noon: help harvest and prepare for the CSA pickup - this is optional
• Saturday: 10:00 AM, check out

Prices for farmstays:

• single stay: $750/week - includes room with breakfast, curricula and instruction
• double stay: $950/week
• children over 3 years: $25/day additional