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The Wilderness Wife

Living, Cooking, Gardening, Crafting in Maine


All you ever wanted know about Maine and More.......

Maine is a beautiful and diverse state offering a variety of experiences from the seacoast to the Northwoods to lovely rolling farm land. This state is renowned for its seacoast and seafood, but this state is so much more. From lighthouses to loons, a visit to Maine can be the perfect vacation. In the summer, camping in the Northwoods is a wonderful family experience with our pristine lakes and streams. Or if hiking or climbing are your passion, majestic Mount Katahdin is the northern terminus of the Appalachian trail in the middle of "forever Wild" Baxter State Park. For the sportsman, Maine has the best in fishing and hunting on the East Coast. Here in Maine, we have a rich history with an abundance of historical sites and museums. So come enjoy the variety that is the State of Maine.  Fall in Maine showcases our stunning foliage, fun fairs and harvest festivals.  And Maine winters off offer downhill skiing, cross country skiing and hundreds of miles of snowmobiling trails through the North Maine Woods.

Wilderness Camping in the North Maine Woods

October 4, 2019 by Sheryl Thompson Leave a Comment

This post is a sponsored post in collaboration with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Although I was compensated for this post all thoughts and opinions are mine.Wilderness Camping in the North Maine Woods can be the ultimate family vacation - AllinfortheMaineOutdoorsDo want to give your family the ultimate outdoor vacation? Then pack up the … [Read more...]

Best Blackberry Jam Recipe

August 1, 2019 by Sheryl Thompson Leave a Comment

How to Make Delicious Blackberry Jam - going old school!I found this recipe for Blackberry Jam years ago in an old Maine cookbook called "Good Maine Food". It was book published in 1949 and it has a lot of good old fashioned recipes in it. This Blackberry Jam Recipe didn't call for any pectin so I was a little nervous the first time I used it as I had become a … [Read more...]

Homemade Hummingbird Food Recipe

June 21, 2019 by Sheryl Thompson 41 Comments

The hummingbirds are back looking for my hummingbird food recipe!My homemade hummingbird food recipe must be the favorite in the entire neighborhood.  I know I am not the only person around here that feeds the hummingbirds but this morning my feeder was empty after only 2 days.  In addition to that, I see them out here fighting over the feeder.  Now I am not going to say … [Read more...]

Bread & Butter Fiddlehead Pickles

May 31, 2019 by Sheryl Thompson Leave a Comment

Fiddleheads just harvested

Fiddlehead Pickles are delicious and easy to make!Fiddlehead pickles are yummy and worth the effort. You process them using the water bath canning method. Water bath canning is not difficult and is a great way to preserve food when it is in season and abundant. For me the canning season starts in the spring and carries on throughout the summer and right into fall when I … [Read more...]

Stuffed Baked Apples Dessert Recipe

September 21, 2018 by Sheryl Thompson

Stuffed Baked Apples on parchment paper on top of maple cutting board - the perfect fall apple dessert

Stuffed Baked Apples - An Easy Quick Apple Dessert Stuffed Baked Apples are healthy, and they are easy to make. It's autumn and apples are in abundance!  There are chilly fall days when I want an easy apple dessert that's warm and delicious but I don't have time for complicated recipes with pie crust and such.  One of the "weapons" in my dessert arsenal is Baked Apples and … [Read more...]

It’s Blueberry Season in Maine…time for Blueberry Sour Cream Pound Cake!!!!!!

August 14, 2018 by Sheryl Thompson 98 Comments

Luscious fresh Maine Blueberries on wood table top in rustic kitchen

Blueberry season in Maine means great Blueberry Recipes!It’s Blueberry season here in Maine.  In fact, down in Machias they are celebrating their annual Blueberry Festival August 16th - 18th, 2019. It is a great event with all sorts of things going on like crafts, entertainment, parades, and more. They hold it every year in mid-August so you may want to plan on joining in … [Read more...]

Best Mashed Potatoes Recipe

April 6, 2018 by Sheryl Thompson Leave a Comment

My best mashed potato recipe produced this delicous bowl of mashed potatoes

Mashed Potatoes - as my son says, the perfect delivery system for Gravy Mashed potatoes are the favorite potato dish at the Thompson household, particularly if the main dish has any form of gravy as a side dish.  And being from Aroostook County, Maine, I know my potatoes.   Here in our region we have huge commercial potato farms and have a wide range of locally grown potatoes … [Read more...]

New England Clam Chowder or Manhattan Clam Chowder?

February 26, 2018 by Sheryl Thompson 1 Comment

Clam chowder, traditional New England Clam Chowder, Maine Clam Chowder, how to cook clams

New England Clam Chowder or Manhattan Clam Chowder? It's a Tale of Two Chowders! I live in northern Maine at the very northern tip of the New England region.  In the winter it is brutally cold here and a good bowl of steaming clam chowder can warm you like nothing else. Now here in Maine when you say clam chowder, there's no doubt that everybody thinks of traditional New … [Read more...]

Delicious Fiddlehead Casserole -Fiddleheads are a Northwoods delicacy

May 18, 2017 by Sheryl Thompson 1 Comment

Fiddleheads just harvested

The fiddlehead ...... a true Northwoods delicacy!It's spring (finally!) here in the Maine Northwoods.  For awhile in April it really looked like it would never come but now the earth is warming and the fiddleheads are poking through the ground.  It's a short season as fiddlehead shaped sprouts of the ostrich fern are best consumed fresh which makes for a … [Read more...]

10 Fun Garden Decorations to Make your Landscape Amazing

May 17, 2017 by Sheryl Thompson Leave a Comment

log planter, Garden decor, container gardening, recycled garden decorations

Unique and Fun Garden Decorations .........and Cheap! It's time to dress up the garden with some new decorations.  I am way behind with my gardening this year as this spring has been a really wet one.  We had snow still on the ground a month ago and now we are in full blown northern Maine Mud Season.  But I can't put the process off any longer so as soon as the rain stops … [Read more...]

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