| Pick Your Own Maine Fruits and Vegetables, Including Strawberries | |
| Maine Pick-Your-Own Fruits and Vegetables Places and Farmers Markets |
Spring through fall, Maine roadsides are dotted with stands selling fresh, succulent Maine strawberries, raspberries, or blueberries. If you enjoy picking your own, strawberries should be ready by late June or early July, blueberries and raspberries by early to mid-August, depending on the weather.
Berries are delicious eaten plain, or they can be used in pies, muffins, cakes, cobblers, jams, jellies, and preserves. Try this Maine Wild Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake recipe, Maine Wild Blueberry and Raspberry Shortcake recipe, or Maine Blueberry Pie recipe.
Here are just a few places in Cumberland and York Counties where you can pick your own fruits or vegetables. Call ahead to check hours and dates open:
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE
Gillespie Farm, 752 Mayall Rd., New Gloucester, Maine; 207-657-2877
Alewives Brook Farm, 83 Old Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, Maine; 207-799-7743 (3/4 of a mile south of town center).
Dearodad, 14 Grover Lane, Brunswick, Maine; 207-725-7028
Douglas Hill Orchard, Orchard Road (off Route 107), Sebago, Maine; 207-787-2745
Jordan's Farm, 21 Wells Road, Cape Elizabeth, Maine; 207-767-3488
Juniper Edge Farm, Harpswell Rd. (Rt. 123), South Harpswell, Maine; 207-725-6414
Maxwell's Farm, Two Lights Area, Cape Elizabeth, Maine; 207-799-3383
Patten's Berry Farm, 269 County Rd. (Route 22), Gorham, Maine 04038; 207-967-2418
Ring Farm, Upper Ridge Road, Bridgton,Maine; 207-647-5335
William Jordan Farm, 21 Wells Road, Cape Elizabeth, Maine; 207-799-1466
YORK COUNTY, MAINE
Bernier Egg Farms, Inc., New Dam Road, off Rt. 4, Sanford, Maine; 207-324-5606
Lavigne Strawberry Farm, Whichers Mill Road, Sanford, Maine; 207-324-5497
Little River Flower Farm, 160 Turkey Lane, Buxton Maine; 207-929-3967
Martin's Berry Farm, 230 Hill Road, Lyman, Maine; 207-499-0169
Riverside Farmstand and Greenhouse, Route 4, North Berwick, Maine; 207-676-2648
Spiller Farm, 1123 Branch Road, Wells, Maine; 207-985-2575
If you love fresh fruits and vegetables, but you don't have your own vegetable garden, and picking isn't your style, there are farmers' markets all over the state of Maine that have done all the work for you. For more details on pick-your-own fruits and vegetables farms, visit the State of Maine's Department of Agriculture Web site.
Not sure what to make with the berries? Visit About.com Guide Diana Rattray's Southern Cooking site and take a look at her
berry recipe collection. She also has links to other berry sites.