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Wildwood Farmstead

We are a small South Carolina farmstead that grows elderberries, raises dairy sheep, goats & more. Home of Mama Bears Elderberries & elderberry syrups.

Our farm focuses on plants + products that promote health and heal the body, land & soul.

01/12/2026

The sheep have started getting the beginnings of milk “bags” indicating that this year’s lambs are not very far away! We have Feb 5 - 20th on the calendar for baby Nubian goats & sheep, but there is always room for surprises in there ☺️

Over the next few weeks housing/bedding areas will be freshened up + winterized for newborns, extra nutrition & minerals for moms, restocking lambing/kidding essentials…and labor watch is on!

Side note - If you’re looking to add baby doll lambs, Tunis sheep, east Freisan dairy sheep or Nubian dairy goats to your homestead this year, you can send a message to get on the waitlist 🐐🐑🥛🐏

01/09/2026

"The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination."
- Terri Guillemets

Anyone else imagining & dreaming of their spring gardens, the flowers of a warmer season + green landscapes? We’ve got some big ideas for what the farm is growing this year & cant wait to show you!

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**As a side note, these are the sulphur cosmos we planted last year that bloomed from June to the first cold frosts of the year in November. No watering them and they were virtually maintenance free - if you’re dreaming of flowers too, the link is in the comments.

10/07/2025

Many of yall came to this Spring’s sheep shearing & I wanted to follow up with the journey that same wool took afterwards!

After shearing, the wool was separated, cleaned from debris & washed.

Once you have a collection of 60 POUNDS or more of wool (one adult fleece averages about 5-7 pounds), it can be sent to a wool mill. Mills have equipment to further clean, card & spin the wool into yarn that is much for efficient, uniform and consistent quality than hand spinning.

Check out these pictures from the sheep, to the mill, to the yarn! Michelle Silberman is the fiber artist using this wool and she will also be utilizing natural dyes to color some of this batch’s yarn.

How satisfying to see something like this come full circle - the slow, tedious - yet beautiful - process of natural fibers will always be superior to their plastic/petroleum based “fast-fashion” counterparts we see in most clothing today. That’s just a personal opinion though 😉 - what do you think? Cotton, linen, wool, angora, etc for you…or do you prefer the feel of polyester, nylon, rayon, acrylic synthetic fibers?

10/05/2025

Well, today is our last farm stand day of the season & how bittersweet that seems.

But reflecting on the last year, our whole family is so excited for next year and all the things we’ve realized could make this stand even better. Like growing most of our own vegetables, expanding days open, maybe even making the stand bigger ☺️

Today the stand has locally grown heirloom tomatoes (McCurley Farm), basil/rosemary sea salts & blackberry jam (Wildwood Farm LM), natural sheep’s milk essential oil soaps (Fresh Start Farm), raw local honey (LownTown Apiaries), elderberry syrup & magnesium lotion from Heritage Valley lavender farm.

We are out of bread, eggs & local beef (but check out h+j cattle for their weekly order deliveries!).

Thank you all for supporting dreams & local farms!

09/27/2025

When our neighbors (a homestead away) brought fresh kale & bell peppers from their garden the other day, it was the perfect excuse to make this family favorite comfort soup.

If you’re looking for a simple hearty meal this rainy weekend/week, here’s the recipe:

(We used H+J Cattle Co. heritage sausage & it took the flavor to next-level!)

Creamy italian sausage, kale & potato soup
🥬🍲🧅

1 lb sausage
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 celery stalks chopped
5 cups chicken broth
4-5 cups fresh chopped kale
5 medium potatoes diced
2-3 carrots shredded
1 large onion
1 large bell pepper
1 cup shiitake mushrooms
Italian seasoning, salt, pepper & herbs to taste

Chop all veggies.
Brown sausage with chopped onion, season with Italian spices and set aside.
Sauté carrots, celery, mushrooms & pepper together in olive oil.
Add chicken broth to sautéed veggies in a soup pot. Combine onions & sausage to pot.
Add in potatoes and bring pot to a boil until potatoes are tender.
Turn heat to low and add in whipping cream & fresh kale. You don’t want whipping cream to boil or the fat will separate.

Serve & enjoy!
Makes 8-10 adult size servings depending on bowl size. Pairs great with sourdough or our farmstand artisan herb bread e

09/26/2025

The rain hasn’t started yet and the stand is fully stocked! This weekend’s all-local lineup -

🍞 Fresh baked (this morning) artisan herb bread
🪻Magnesium cream made with Leesville lavender
🌽 Fresk picked sweet corn from North, SC
🥒 Picked-yesterday pickling cucumbers (get them before my kids eat them all 😂)
🍅 Heirloom tomatoes from McCurley Farms
🧺 Yellow squash from North, SC
🎃 There’s still some pumpkins left
🌿 Basil + Rosemary sea salts

Plus elderberry syrup, raw local honey, fresh eggs, sheep’s milk soap & more!

Wildwood Rd, Leesville SC

09/22/2025

The 2025 organic aronia berry harvest is in, straight from the beautiful eastern shore of MD.

Rodney just got back from our annual restock run up north to get the most important berries in our Elderberry Gold! This is the 5th year we have sourced these fresh picked, antioxidant rich & organic-certified native berries from Chester River Aronia.

Roy, who runs the farm with his wife Molly, has even made a custom Aronia berry press for fresh juice - the 8 oz bottle is filled with over 2 pounds of berries! It’s the only place in the country we know of that you can get this juice so we always stock up for winter (in addition to the berries!) - Aronia berries have incredible medicinal properties to help fight colds + flu.

Have you ever tried a fresh Aronia berry?! They are extremely tart (think 10x the tartness of an unsweetened cranberry) but taste great paired with honey or a little sweetness 💜🍯🍇

(Sharing some pictures from his trip in stories as well as more info on Aronia for anyone interested)

09/19/2025

I'm so excited to be collaborating with herbalist JeriAnne Shealy from Hope Blooms Botanicals of Gilbert, SC for a dynamic Elderberry Syrup & Fire Cider (aka Plague Tonic) Making Class on October 11th! 🧪✨

🧠 In this class, you’ll learn the science, applicability, and precautions of using these traditional and effective methods to support your body through cold & flu season 🤧🍂

👩‍🍳 We’ll go step-by-step through how to make Fire Cider and Elderberry Syrup — and everyone will go home with kits to make your own! 🎁💜

🌟 Your instructors both have a long history of making and implementing these remedies, and we can’t wait to share our positive experiences how they have helped our family naturally.

📍 This class will be held at the Herb Shop at Elwood Acres, located in Gilbert, SC.

🔗 To save your spot, register here ➡️ https://book.squareup.com/classes/y4hve6k4a1pppm/location/LMJ6MTZTYJ2GP/classes

(This an adult workshop)

09/19/2025

Another farmstand weekend kicks off tomorrow! Weve got some new & regular offerings ~

🍞 Artisan bread made with fresh garden herbs (baking first thing tomorrow morning!)
🎃 Heirloom pumpkins from McCurley Farms (come see our little patch of pumpkins!)
🌿Basil + Rosemary infused culinary sea salts
🍅 Fresh picked jumbo tomatoes from the little town of North, SC
🥚Farm fresh eggs from our chickens
🫐 Just-made restock batch of jam
🥒Locally grown large cucumbers
🍇2025 Harvest elderberry syrup from our farm
🥩 Steaks & kabobs from H+J Cattle Co.
🧼 Sheeps milk & essential oil soap restock

Leesville, SC

*Sometime in October we are planning to close for the season although there will continue to be select items still available like eggs at the stand self-serve. But we couldn’t pass up pumpkin season!

09/07/2025

It’s a beautiful September morning & the stand is set up for yall with ~

🍋 Chapin, SC grown lemons + limes
🥚 Fresh eggs (we have extra this weekend!)
🥩 Ribeyes, steak cuts & kabob meat (local Saluda beef)
🥜 Boiled peanuts
🌿Fresh-picked organically grown basil & oregano
🌶️ Spicy peppers from our neighbors
🎃 Wildwood kid-grown decorative mini pumpkins/gourds
🍯 Local raw honey

There’s also fresh Lexington-grown tender small okra, blackberry jam, elderberry syrup & more. (We sold out of the corn, squash & tomatoes yesterday before having the chance to post!)

More news to come on the farm stand this week 🍁

09/04/2025

Tonight’s farmstand dinner - H+J Cattle Co. pork chops, Heritage Fields Farm fresh bicolor corn, local sweet potatoes, sautéed local sweet onions & Wagener jalapeños stuffed with Goat Daddy's Farm cheese.
And some old-fashioned locally grown SEEDED watermelon (did you know watermelon seeds are full of minerals, antioxidants + nutrients?)

Tomorrow the stand is back open with all the staples & some new fresh picked goods - like Chapin grown lemons + limes!

08/30/2025

The weather is ✨g o r g e o u s✨ today - hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend!

We are fully stocked with locally grown seasonal goods like cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, Saluda beef, cut flower bouquets, blackberry jam, raw honey, sourdough (coming Sunday!), sweet potatoes, jalapeños, T Rex peppers, eggs, okra, elderberry syrup & more.

The amount of love, support + purpose this stand has been given by yall has been something we never expected. It is truly a gift each weekend connecting face to face with neighbors and bringing fresh food grown IN our community TO our community.

Just a few things our village has given to support the stand - the open flag sign was Luke’s first gift from a neighbor, banners & whirligigs, potted flowers, all kinds of fresh produce from neighbors gardens, a cowboy costume for Luke when he wasn’t at the stand (let us know if that was you!), little gifts for the kids, countless conversations & old stories from neighbors who stop to chat, pictures & decorations for the stand, weekly egg cartons to reuse, baskets, friendships….the list goes ON!

Thank you for making this stand into something much bigger than selling eggs & produce 💛

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http://www.mamabearselderberries.com/

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