Tamias Wildcrafting

04/12/2025

Let the Ramp harvest begin!

09/30/2024

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11/30/2021

We have a shop this year! Open WED/SAT/SUN 9-dark. Please order ahead if you can. Wreaths 25$, kissing balls $20-40$. Lots of pickles and jams, most priced 8$

Tamias gift crate 75$ (comes with pickled fiddleheads, beets, carrots, garlic scapes and 4 options you choose) options are available for individual order as well. pickup will be at Tamias Post 1/2 mile south of Williamstown on Rt. 14.

OPTIONS and for custom order

Pint Pickled Beets $8
~~~~~Carrots (dilly) $8
~~~~~Fiddleheads (spicy or dilly) $8
~~~~~Garlic Scapes (spicy or dilly) $8
~~~~~Regular Dill Pickle $8
~~~~~Wild Ramps $10
~~~~~Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle $8
~~~~~Dilly Bean $8 (very limited)
~~~~~Qt Dilly Bean $14
~~~~~Hen of the Woods Mushroom $20
~~~~~Qt. Pickled Eggs (hot or plain) $10

Wild Raspberry Jam Pint $14
Wild Blackberry Jam $8
Wild Elderberry Jelly $12
Wild grape Jelly $8
Blueberry jam $8
Red pepper jam $8
Cowgirl Candy $8
Pt. Zucchini Relish $8
Pt. Sweet Corn Relish $8
Pt. Mild Heirloom Salsa $8
Pt. Heirloom Tomato Sauce $8

Pt Dried Hen of the woods mushroom $15
Qt dried Reishi (Ganoderma tsugae)

Options for crates cannot be duplicates. If an item costs more then $8, add difference to total cost. Crates can be returned after use for a free item next year. Thank you to everyone who supports this, it’s a great way to support next years farmers market and building up Tamias Post to be a hub for local food and products.

12/02/2020

Crates are in from Clifford Lumber.
If you already put in an order I will be packing tomorrow and starting delivery by Friday. I will also have you specify if you want pickles/beans/scapes spicy dill or regular dill. If you have put in or are speaking to me about a separate order, I will arrange to deliver with you very shortly. Thank you for your support the offering was a huge success. If you are interested please order right away so the deliveries can be planned in large quantity. I am going up to Burlington and also down toward White river.

75$ Tamias Crate
Wild Raspberry jam, foraged locally wild in Williamstown
Dill Pickles, locally grown, spicy or plain
Romanian red Garlic scapes, crafted from my garlic patch
Dilly Beans, locally grown, spicy or plain
Wild Ramps, harvested in Central VT, spicy or plain.
Wild Blackberry jam, foraged locally wild in Williamstown.
Local Blueberry jam, from Williamstown.

Every item is crafted over open fire.

12/02/2020

11/18/2020

A beautiful ingredient. About 2 # like this frozen out here. But I’ll leave some behind for next springs slugs, and the ducks along the pond. I think the only thing left to forage is red meat and firewood.

11/01/2020

Time to start making things official, new location for 2021 spring season on Rt 14 south, Williamstown. Tamias Post #1. Tentatively planning a market every Saturday starting in May. Looking for local producers for wholesale supply in local Maple, honey, meat and Jerky, crafts, CBD, tinctures, seed starts, bare root and potted plants, seeds, crafts, berries, any and all local. Trying to get way ahead planning, so the products have shelves before setup. I am avoiding the conventional market idea of having many vendors handling many products. I’ll simplify it, that’s the goal.

I have plenty of time in the winter to put the mill to work creating displays. Let me know if you think your products are wild enough, or anyone you know who wants to be included in real food with a story. Much appreciation to all my customers.

Ben and Copper.

09/18/2020

Message to Preorder, and pickup at Chelsea farmers market today at 3-6pm.

Hen of the woods mushrooms!

Pickled Fiddleheads 7$/pint
Pickled Ramps 10$/pint
Pickled garlic scapes 8$/ 1/2 pint
Dilly beans 7$/pint
Dill pickles 8$/quart 5$/pint
Bread and butter pickles 6$/pint
Zuchinni relish 7$/ pint
Medium salsa 8$/pint

Wild raspberry jam 8$ 1/2 pint 13$ pint
Wild elderberry jam 10$ 1/2 pint
Wild blackberry jam 7$ 1/2 pint
Wild thimbleberry jam 12$ 1/2 pint
Wild fox grape jelly $8 1/2 pint
Wild elderberry jelly 10$ 1/2 pint
Blueberry jam 7$ 1/2 pint

For cooking or seed garlic message if interested I have Romanian red in limited quantity. Thanks for looking!