Berries
Freshly picked berries are a wonderful Maine treat. Juicy and sweet, berries are nutrient-packed and great for snacking and baking or using in fruit platters and smoothies.
Our Berries
Depending on the time of season we have lots of different varieties of berries available to pick at the farm. We offer pick-your-own blueberries, raspberries and strawberries during the seasons and times listed below.
Blueberries
Our blueberry field has 500 bushes ready for picking from mid-July through August.
When the blueberries are in season, we are open for picking during normal ice cream shop hours.
Raspberries
Our raspberries start coming ripe in mid-July and late August and continue to produce delicious fruit through the end of October.
The summer raspberries are located 1/4 mile down union street across the road from the main farm at our Breaside and Woodland Fields.
The beautiful fall berries are available at the end of the berry path which starts outside the barn and goes down past the greenhouse to the bottom of the field.
Hours of operation are the same as the rest of the farm.
Strawberries
We offer pick-your-own strawberries from mid-June through mid-July.
Our beautiful Strawberry fields are located 1/4 mile down union street across the road from the main farm at our Breaside and Woodland Fields.
How to Pick Berries
Because berries are small, it’s important to pick them (and enjoy or store them) at exactly the right time. Their shelf life is much shorter than that of an apple, for instance.
Ripe, ready-to-pick berries have vibrant colors with little-to-no green. For example, ripe strawberries will be bright red and have no green spots. The only exception to this rule is blueberries. A blueberry will take on its characteristic blue hue before it is ripe.
Luckily, however, there are other ways, besides just color, to know if a berry is ripe.
Ripe berries are aromatic. If the berry you are eyeing has a strong, sweet blueberry, strawberry or raspberry smell, it is ready to harvest.
The body of the berry should be firm, but not hard. Mushy berries have probably passed their peak freshness. A perfect berry is a firm one that separates easily from the bush.
Most berries will stay fresh in the refrigerator for 3-5 days. Store your berries in a freezer for longer keeping.
