Dirigo Ranch Feed & Seed

11/04/2024

Check out this cutie! 🐶 The winner of the first ever Berwick Doggie Costume Contest! Prize basket supplied by our store! Come on by for treats, dog toys & dog food! Tell your friends! 😁🐾

10/31/2024

Get ready y'all! Bring your boots! Eat some delicious tacos! 🌮 Dance the night away! 💃🕺Design your own custom cowboy hats! 🤠 Line dancing is on 11/09/2024!!!!

10/31/2024

10/30/2024

❗️Attention Customers: We are closing early today for trick-or-treat with the kiddos 🍭🍬. Please make sure you adjust plans to visit us before 4pm! 10% off all animal treats today! 🎃🐕🐴❗️

10/29/2024

Wrangler Chip is ready to load up your grain! Restocked today, lots of feed to go around!

10/25/2024

The date is fast approaching! Don't miss it!!

10/23/2024

Have you joined the Dirigo Ranch Country Club? ✨

10/22/2024

Open Bag Special! Occasionally, we get a ripped bag when we get new inventory in stock... our loss is your gain! Come see what is available! $3.00 off each bag!

10/22/2024

🐾Get your pet costumes ready! Share with your friends! We are sponsoring Berwick's doggie costume contest for Halloween! Send your pictures to [email protected] between 10/28/24 - 10/30/24. Winner will be announced on Halloween and will receive a loaded doggie prize basket! 🐾🎃

10/22/2024

‼️‼️‼️ The construction has started! The lot is still open for now. Please drive slow and be mindful on the workers.

When the lot is closed (most likely Thursday-Saturday) please utilize the path shown on the map on red. Lowery's has been very kind to let us use their driveways. Please drive slow!

We will get you loaded up with all your farm and animal needs!

10/21/2024

Limited supply of local second cut available at the Feed store!

10/21/2024

‼️‼️ Attention Feed and Seed customers! The parking lot will be under construction and paving will be occurring at the end of the week! Please be mindful of the paving crew when you are entering and exiting the lot.

At some point the lot will be CLOSED but we will remain OPEN.

When the lot is closed, our generous neighbors at Lowery's Furniture have said our customers may drive through their lot to get to the feed store. We will be posting a map of the route that should be taken. When this does happen, parking will be down by the trailers/truck yard.‼️‼️

10/18/2024

We are so excited to be carrying a new children's book on our shelves from local author and song writer, Marie Miller! Marie is involved in Envision Berwick and also operates ! This book is not only adorable, it was thoughtfully written and paired with music, making it a fun sing-a-long! Come by and pick one up for your youngsters to enjoy! The artwork is stunning!! 🦊

10/16/2024

𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡:
𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
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𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵! 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 - 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵!
~𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯
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𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦
𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤, 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞

Garnet Ledge Farm was originally started back in the 1980s by Mr. and Mrs. McCormick, as a wholesale chrysanthemum business. They ran the farm for a few years and in their biggest year they grew 10,000 plants!

🌼They continued until the chrysanthemums could no longer be balanced with two full time jobs - and a little one who demanded their attention. A familiar phase in life that many of us in agricultural pursuits may know well. The wholesale business faded, but their passion for farming and gardening continued on in their private lives. Down on Durant Road in Berwick, the McCormick family continued growing flowers and vegetables along with raising animals.

Their little one grew and that entrepreneurial spirit seemed to be passed on! Their daughter, Drew, was curious to find out how many of their goods they could sell to the public. Off went a very supportive mum, with her daughter, to create their very own farm stand to find out!

What started as a folding table and small sign, has grown to a lovely stand with a growing number of offerings! Much to the young girl's surprise, everything sold from their little table, allowing them the inspiration to continue to make their farm stand blossom. The name, "Garnet Ledge Farm" has the sweetest backstory - once the title of the original chrysanthemum business, it always stuck around on their minds, until it made its return:

"𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 “𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜” 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙. 𝘼𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 “𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜” 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨." ~ Drew McCormick

The farm stand currently resides, at the corner of Durant Road and Diamond Hill Road, just where the table had started. Now there is a neatly kept gravel area to park and shop - the same place where umpteen chrysanthemums used to be sold.

It's funny how some things come full circle! ✨

When asked what inspires them about it Drew shared:

"𝙉𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙜𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨. 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙥."

Like many of us, they find challenges with working the land - at least daily stating, "it's always something"! I think we can all relate there - nothing is easy when it comes to farming and gardening! "Whether it’s too much rain, not enough rain, good bugs, bad bugs, a convenient farm machine but today the battery is dead, a chicken who will just not lay her eggs in the nesting box, or a visit from some of our wild and hungry furry friends."

I love that Drew looks to the bright side amongst the challenges at hand, stating that "𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 – 𝙟𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙧, 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙜𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙜𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚." 🥚

(I am pretty sure all of my chickens are untrainable and feral if it makes anyone feel any better!)

After all of the hard work is done, their operation is very rewarding. Drew tells that for her mum, "[she] says the most rewarding piece for her is planting the seed and then watching the plant grow and eventually seeing the vegetables mature." Drew's mum, is a recent retiree from the Town Hall in Berwick, but she jokes that now she never has a day off!

For Drew, reward looks like a trip down the road to the farm stand:

"𝙀𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙗𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙩." 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨, "𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙋𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙮𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙪𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚. 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙮𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙪𝙢𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙘."

❤ Well... my heart is swelling and I'm ready to get cooking with some fresh garlic!

🚒 When Drew is not tending gardens or collecting eggs, she is a full time Firefighter/EMT for the Town of Berwick. She also adores their farm dog, Otis. A lazy, loving boy with a quite a personality - "Trying to dig potatoes? He’d like to lay in the fresh cool dirt right where you’re working. Trying to collect eggs? He’d like scarf some chicken feed while you aren’t looking and then nudge the egg basket hoping you’ll drop one for him to lap up. Heading to restock the farm stand? He’ll come along for a ride but requires the entire front seat so produce will have to ride in the truck bed."
It's just his world, and we're all living in it!

👩‍🌾𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝?

Their offerings are seasonal and always changing - the best way to keep track of what is currently available is to follow along on their page!

They offer cut flowers from spring to fall- with the colors and blooms shifting with the weather. This year, Garnet Ledge Farm is once again offering chrysanthemums! Their chrysanthemums are hardy, field grown, and available at the stand now! While they aren’t up to 10,000 yet, it has been fun for them to dip their toes back into the water with their first 600 plants!

Their edible offerings range from sugar snap peas in the spring, to fresh tomatoes in the summer, carrots (soon) in the fall, and their very own maple syrup in winter. They also offer fresh chicken eggs at the stand year round.

In addition, they also offer some homemade decor for your fall and winter decorating needs. Currently, there are small decorative wooden pumpkins available at the stand and will soon add some birch reindeer as the weather once again heads towards snow. 🦌

Drew and her family "𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤!" Please consider visiting them for local, fresh food and specialty items that are sure to bring smiles!

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦?

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Email:
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At the Intersection of Durant and Diamond Hill Road in Berwick, Maine!

10/16/2024

Our website announcements have been updated!

Graze, Grain, Grow, Gather | An Official Poulin Grain Dealer | Berwick, Maine.

10/15/2024

The Kilgore Family Homestead here in Berwick is working hard on a brand new chicken coop! Wearing nothing but the best - a Dirigo Ranch Hoodie! Be a hand, wear the brand! 🤠 ☆ Follow their homestead story on Instagram, here:

https://www.instagram.com/the_kilgore_family_homestead?igsh=cG5kdTE0MzZ5aDF2

10/15/2024

Did you know? We offer Gift Cards! A great stocking stuffer for the upcoming gifting season!

10/14/2024

Dirigo Ranch Feed & Seed, in partnership with, Kittery Animal Hospital, are collecting donations to send down to the communities affected by Hurricane Helene.

Dirigo Ranch has committed to sending 4,000 lbs of feed to the farming community. We need your help to send more. If you are able to donate funds, we can increase the amount of feed that we, as a community, can send to help our fellow Americans and their pets and livestock.

Additional Needed Items that can be accepted at either location:

•Dog Food
•Cat food
•Cat litter
•Diapers & Wipes
•Bottled Water
•Feed Buckets

Come by the Feed & Seed with cash or check donations, or venmo:
dirigo-ranch

10/14/2024

Just a reminder, we are closed today. Back open tomorrow 9-5!

10/12/2024

10/10/2024

See what's shakin' on the Community Board! 🤝

10/09/2024

Update: Closed on Monday, October 14th! Please plan accordingly for your feed needs!