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Aroostook County

• Circle B Farms - blueberries, cherries, OTHER fruit or veg, prepicked produce, restrooms, picnic area
  E. Presque Isle Road, Route 205, Caribou, ME, 04736. Phone: 207 498-8238. Fax: 207 496 0033. Email us at: circlebfarms04@yahoo.com and Email: circlebfarms04@hotmail.com. Directions: Circle B Farms in on Rt 205 in Caribou 1.5 miles from US RT 161 Just east of the Aroostook River. Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in August, September. Open: 8 am to 7 pm 7 days a week Highbush Blueberries Open August 1 till September 25. 8 am till 7 pm 7 days a week. Fresh Garlic ready in August. We pick cherries, Mid September Payment: Cash, Check. Fresh Garlic ready in August. Pears and Apples ready for the 2007 season.
• Chasse Vegetables - Peas, snap beans and other vegetables 
  Phone: 207-592-9080. Go 2 miles past Lake View Restaurant and make a right turn onto Chasse Road, go 1.5 miles, in Saint Agatha, Maine. Monday through Saturday (am hours) While in season. 
• Goughan Farms - strawberries
  Fort Fairfield Road, Caribou, ME. Phone: 207-498-6565.
• Hebert Farm - highbush blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, peas and beans.
  Route 161, Guerette, Maine. Phone: 207-834-5065.  
• Hillside Farm - blueberries
  259 US Highway 1, Monticello, ME. Phone: 207-538-9035. Email: patalados@pioneerwireless.net. Directions: North Road, 1/4 mile north of Hare Road, East Side of Rte 1. Small quantities available. Easy picking from bush.
• J.A. & R. Farms - Pick your own apples, and fresh vegetables.
  Rte 161, St. Francis, ME. Phone: 207-398-3396. Directions: 18 miles from Fort Kent International Bridge. Open: Spring through Fall Monday through Saturday from 6:30 am to 5 pm.
• Kody's Crop - custom growers
  396 Main Street, Bridgewater, ME. Phone: 207-429-9551. Email: gary50@ainop.com. If we don't have it, we will custom grow it for you. We also have three varieties of potatoes: Red, Superiors and Shepodys. Open: summer and fall.
• Mac's Best Produce - red raspberries, highbush blueberries, apples
  799 Benedicta Road, Benedicta, Maine. Phone: 207-365-4486. Fax 207-365-4453. Email themcavoys@ainop.com and themcavoys@pivot.net. Mac's Best grows three varieties of red raspberries, 2 highbush blueberries, 8 apples and an assortment of vegetables to ensure a wide selection all season long.  Late June through October, Monday - Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm. Restrooms Available.
• McElwain's Strawberry Farm - pre-picked and pick your own strawberries
  Rte 161, Caribou, ME. Phone: 207-496-6311. Email: fmcelwai@maine.rr.com. Directions: Three miles from downtown Caribou on Rte 161.
  Open Summer through Fall.
• Rush Garden - ?? I haven't found out what they have yet.
  1082 Benedicta Road, Benedicta, ME Phone: 207-365-4141. Email: rushgarden@mfx.net.
• Sunnyside Farm / Ferme Ensoleillee - blueberries
  Linneus, ME. Phone: 207-532-7058. Email: edesrosiers@voila.fr. Directions: Right outside Houlton in the countryside of Linneus. Call for precise directions. Open: Summer, Fall (Apples) 7 days 8am - 5pm. Cultivated highbush; varieties include: Northland, Patriot, Chippewa, Northblue, and Polaris. Handicapped Accessible, Restrooms, Can Accommodate Bus Tours.
• McNally's Farm - raspberries, blueberries
  Corner of Happy Corner Road and Frenchville Road, Patten, Maine . Phone: 207-528-2110. Fax 207-528-6165. Email mcnallyfarm@ainop.com  Open 7 days a week. Please call ahead of time. We also have potatoes. We take orders for the potatoes and people pick them up.  The berries start in July and run through August.  The potatoes run through October.
• Staples Farm - Pick your own pumpkins. 
  Bancroft, Maine From Rte 169 take Bancroft road to Kelly Road, Phone: 207-448-2037. Email jrstap@prexar.com  Open 7 days a week during pumpkin season. 
• T & D Farms - Pick your own strawberries, peas and beans.
  732 Forest Avenue,  Fort Fairfield, Maine. Phone: 207-473-7786.  Open 6 am to dark as long as season permits .
• Treeland Farms - peas, beans, squash and pumpkin
  335 Calais Road, located 4 miles south of Houlton on U.S Route 1. Farm is on right side of the road in Hodgdon, Maine. Phone: 207-532-2018. Email bubbatreeland@aol.com  You pick several varieties of peas, beans, squash and pumpkins available in July - October. July 10 - 30. 8:00 a.m. until dark. Bus parking.
• Whole Earth Farm - vegetables
  Presque Isle, Maine. Phone: 207-769-2107. Email slashbrown@aol.com. Route 10, three miles East of Presque Isle in  Presque Isle, Maine.   Pick your own vegetables at a good price. 

Hancock County

• Cove Meadow -
  On Deer Ilse/ Stonington town line - Route 15A, Stonington, Maine. Phone: 207-367-5145. Fax. 207-367-5145. Email: covmedo@panax.com .
• Hog Bay Blueberries - blueberries
  North on Rte 200 from Rte 1 Sullivan, 207 Hog Bay Road, Franklin, Maine. Phone: 207-565-3584. Email: hogbay@downeast.net   Pick your blueberries on prime blueberry barrens overlooking a beautiful salt marsh. Rakes provided. Participate in Down East's traditional harvest. Maine's best blueberry, jam, and pies.  Open: July 25 through September 14 from 9 am to 5 pm daily. Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms available. Bus parking.
• Organic Harvest Farmstand - ORGANIC, red raspberries
  206 Ellsworth Road, Blue Hill, Maine. Phone: 207-374-8809. Email: showell@acadia.net . Pick your own red raspberries when ripe. Call for availability. 
• Peaked Mountain Farm - wild blueberries (NOTE: UPDATE August 2007 - they no longer offer pick-your-own; only prepicked!!)
  Phone: 207-843-6484. Email: peakedmtfarm@aolcom. You can experience the wild blueberry in its natural environment as you pick your own at our farm. A great family activity. Located 5 miles from Holden Center. Take Upper Dedham Rd from Rte 1A. Turn left on Balt Mt. Road. Farm is on Ellery's Lane on right. Dedham, Maine. Open: our annual harvest (late July to mid-August) at the present.  Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms available. Bus parking.
• Shalom Orchard - ORGANIC, Organic blueberries and organic apples. 
  1.7 miles from Route 182 & Route 200 N on Eastbrook Road. Franklin, Maine. Phone: 207-565-2312. Email: shalomorchard@acadia.net  
  Call for information on crop conditions and locations. 
• Silveridge Farm - strawberries
  3 one half miles out McDonald Street, Bucksport, Maine. Phone: 207-469-2405. Pick your own strawberries. We welcome families with small children under close supervision.  Open 8 am to 8 pm, conditions permitting. Please call ahead for current picking conditions.

Penobscot County 

• Adams Strawberry Acres - strawberries
  Route 15, East Corinth, ME. Phone: 207-285-3324.
• Country Junction - flowers
  Route 11, Bradford, Maine.  Phone: 207-327-1398. Fax 207-327-2076. Email: countryjct@msn.com  We have a nice assortment of flowers for you to choose a bouquet from. Open 10 am to 5 pm, closed Sunday and Monday; closed from December 24 until April 
• Gray Farm - peas, beans and pumpkins
  Route 222, Newport, Maine.  Phone: 207-278-2415. Pick your own peas, beans and pumpkins. By appointment.  Open July through October, 7 days, 9 am to 6 pm. 
• Harris Orchard - apples
  Wiswell Road, So. Brewer, Maine. Phone: 207-989-3435. Pick your own big red Mac apples. Open Labor Day until done. Handicapped Accessible. Bus parking. 
• Ireland Farms - berries, peas and beans
  Corner of Route 2 & Sweet Road, Lincoln, Maine.  Phone: 207-794-8084. Pick your own berries. Also pick your own peas and beans in season. We also have herbs, cut flowers and fall storage crops available to pick. Open June 25 until done, 9 am. - 5 pm. Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms available. Bus parking. 
• Langley's Strawberries - strawberries
  Off outer Union Street from Bangor. Hermon, Maine.  Phone: 207-848-3936. Fax 207-848-3936. Email: berrylangl@aol.com  
  U-pick strawberries. Call ahead for picking information. Open end of June through mid-July from 6 to 10 am. Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms available. Bus parking.
• Maine-ly Apples - apples
  Rte 7, Moosehead Trail, Dixmont, Maine.  Phone: 207-234-2043. Fax 207-234-2793. Email: JEODIX@aol.com  Pick McIntosh and Cortland apples from semi-dwarf trees. No ladders needed. Easy picking. Open September 10 to October 15, Daily 10 am to 5 pm. Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms available. 
• North Chester Orchard - apples
  Chester, Maine.  Phone: 207-794-3547. Email: northchesterorchard@hotmail.com   McIntosh and Cortlands on dwarf trees. Also other apple varieties and farm products. Follow the signs or call. North River Road 2.5 miles N. of the green Chester bridge.
  Open weekends in late September and early October. Call for details. 
• Nutkin Knoll Farm - Pick your own fresh flowers
  Newburgh, Maine.  Phone: 207-234-7268 . Fax 207-234-7268. Email: nutkin@uninets.net  A wide variety of perennials, annuals and shrubs. 1.3 miles from Rte 69 to Chapman Road on Rte 9. DOT signs on Rte 9.  Open: May through October. Bus parking. 
• Olmsted's Orchards - apples
  Route 15, 909 Dover Road, Charleston, Maine.  Phone: 207-285-3426. Email: dpolms@msn.com  Pick your own apples. Open Saturdays, early September through mid-October from 9 am to 6 pm. 
• Rocky Ridge Farm -
  22 Marsh Road, 1 mile east of Corinth off of Hudson Road (Route 43). Corinth, Maine. Phone: 207-285-7764. We are a small Maine Farm adapted for "pick-your-own" customers. Our motto is, "For the freshest raw deal in town." Pumpkins in September and October. Bus loads and school groups welcome. Open: July and late September, 8 am until dark. Closed Sunday Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms available. Bus parking. 
• Rowe Orchards - Apples
  Route 7, Newport, ME 04953. Phone: 207-368-4777. Email us at: info@roweorchards.com. Directions: 2 MI on Route 7 from I-95 Click here for a map to our farm. We are open September, October. Our hours are: Every fall weekend from 10am to 5pm Enjoy a fall day picking your own fruit from our dwarf trees. Take a tractor ride throughout the orchard to trees that all can reach.
• H.B. Tate's Greenhouse and Strawberry - strawberries and peas.
  Town House Road, Kenduskeag, Maine.  Phone: 207-884-7601. Pick your own strawberries and peas.  Call ahead for conditions and availability.  Restrooms available. 
• Tate's Strawberry Farm - You pick strawberries.
  Off Route 43 on Hudson Road, 15 mi north of Bangor. East Corinth, Maine. Phone: 207-285-7944. Very good, weed free picking.  Open every day in season, daylight to dark, rain or shine. Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms available. Bus parking. 
• Thomas Vegetable Farm - beans, cucumbers, pumpkins, prepicked produce, school tours
  364 Garland Rd, Corinth, ME 04427. Phone: 207-285-3573. Email: thomasfarmsecme@hotmail.com. Directions: We are located on Route 94 in Corinth. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October. Open: The vegetable stand is open 7 days a week from 10 am to 6 pm; Pick your own Pumpkins is open Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. Payment: Cash, Check. We have several vegetable stands open throughout central Maine and many Hannaford supermarkets carry our produce! (ADDED: May 04, 2008)
• Treworgy Family Orchards - apples, hayrides
  Levant, Maine.  Phone: 207-884-8354. Fax 207-884-8689. Dwarf apple trees for easy picking, apples can be picked from a wheelchair. Hayrides to the pumpkin patch. Picnic tables and ice cream dairy bar on premises. Animals for petting. School field trips welcome. 10 miles west of Bangor, Rte 222, 2 miles past Levant Village at top of hill. Open: Apples and Pumpkins; September to October. Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms available. Bus parking. 
• Windy View Farm Stand - seasonal vegetables and a variety of flowers
  Dexter, Maine. Phone: 207-924-3381. Fax 207-924-0039.  Email: townfarm@prexar.com  Available to customers who prefer to pick their own. At center of town take Rte 23 south (Lower Main Street) for 2.4 mi to Town Farm Road. Take a left. Building is visible from Rte 23. Open early spring through October, Monday - Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. 

Piscataquis County 

• Checkerberry Farm - potatoes, carrots and beets.
  530 Wellington Road, Parkman, Maine.  Phone: 207-277-3114. "Dig your own roots." Fall storage crops - mainly potatoes, carrots and beets. Open:  Varies with season, please call. 
• Lamb's Farm - strawberries.
  Hughes Road, Sebec, Maine.  Phone: 207-564-3008. Email: ron.lamb@umit.Maine.edu  Pick your own strawberries. Take Rte 16 from Dover-Foxcroft for 10 miles - left onto Hughes Road - farm is 1.5 miles on the left.  Open at 7 am. Call for picking conditions. Restrooms available. 
• Stutzman's Farm - strawberries, pumpkins, potatoes, squash
  Douty Hill Road, Sangerville, Maine. Phone: 207-564-8596. Fax 207-564-8596. Email: doughtyhill@prexar.com  U-pick strawberries. Harvest farm weekend in September with pumpkins, potatoes, squash. Douty Hill Road, 2 one half miles outside Dover-Foxcroft.   Open end of June through October, 9:00 - 5:00 daily. PYO hours 7:00-5:00 from June to July. Handicapped Accessible. Bus parking.

Washington County 

• Beddington Ridge Farm - wild blueberries
  Route 193, Beddington, Maine.  Phone: 207-638-2664. Email rcvarin@rivah.net  Pick your own wild blueberries using your rakes or ours. Winnow and pick over the berries using a modern cleaning machine. Please call ahead. Open in dry weather August and September. Restroom available. 
• Blue Barrens Farm - fruits and vegetables
  88 Pea Ridge Road, Columbia, Maine.  Phone: 207-483-4196. Email bbfarm@maineline.net  Our nationally known preserves are available at the farm, together with fresh fruits and vegetables, picked while you wait, or ;you can pick your own. Fall storage crops also available.  Open: Late June through September, Wednesday - Sunday from noon to 5 pm, or call for appointment. 
• Crossroad Farm - flowers
  Jonesport, Maine.  Phone: 207-497-2641. Make your own bouquet from many varieties of flowers.  2.2 miles off Route 1 to 187 to Indian River Crossroad - follow signs.  Open: July through September, Sunday - Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm. 
• Machias Wild Blueberry Festival - blueberry festival
  Machias, Maine. Phone: 207-255-6665. Open: Every year in mid August.  In 2005 it is on August 19, 20, 21, 2005 (see the website for 2006 and beyond). A Church and Community Project of Centre Street Congregational Church UCC. If you really can't come and visit us, but would love to order something from us, we have a lot to sell! Fernwood of Maine replicas of our church, T-shirts, caps, prints of Machias, bags, and of course, all the lovely craft items the women spend all year making. Simply call the Church Office Monday to Friday from 10 - 2 and you should be able to order anything, including Quilt Tickets and Musical Tickets. The phone number is 207-255-6665. For Directions to our wonderful Festival, please click on the link here for Machias, Maine and read down a bit on the page and you will find directions.
• Molly's Orchard - strawberries and apples
  Columbia Falls, Maine.  Phone: 207-483-4178. Fax  207-483-2492. Email fivepines@prexar.com  Molly's Orchard is a small family operated pick-your-own strawberries and apple farm. Come join us for strawberries and our first year of apples!  Turn off Rte 1 at Columbia Falls, go into village and take Point Street to our farm stand on right.  Open: In season daily until dark. Restroom available. 
• Plantation Perennials - sweet grass stalks
  453 West Street, Princeton, Maine.  Phone: 207-796-2698. Email perennials@loa.com  Customers may cut their own sweet grass stalks. A 1" bunch is sold for $1.00, a 2" bunch for $2.00, etc.  Open: Mid summer or at anytime as desired. Call for hours. 

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