Field Notes tagged Summer

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Sunflower Fields in New Jersey: Golden Trails in the River Valley

Walk through a towering wall of brilliant yellow petals that reach high above your head as the late-summer sun filters through the field.

Purple rows sway in the coastal breeze, ready for cutting as visitors arrive to spend a slow afternoon at Maine lavender farms.

Ripe berries drop softly into tin pails on quiet summer mornings, the coastal breeze cutting through the heat of blueberry picking in Maine.

Muscadine grapes in Georgia ripen in the flat, sun-heavy stretches of the state, where late summer means baskets instead of buckets and even

Peach picking in Georgia is a ritual that has been drawing families into the orchards for generations.

Lavender picking in Virginia is an unforgettable experience of color and scent.

The crisp mountain air carries the heavy, sweet scent of sun-warmed windfall fruit when apple picking in Virginia.

Sun-warmed fruit hangs heavy from sturdy branches as families gather in the rows to fill their wooden buckets with the summer harvest.

Breathe in the sweet, earthy scent of damp soil and warm summer air as a gentle breeze rustles a towering sunflower field in Ohio.

Lavender picking in Texas offers the chance to walk the fragrant purple rows of the Hill Country and discover what keeps these farms going.

Warm breezes carry sun-baked soil as towering, rough-stemmed blooms sway over sunflower fields in Pennsylvania in the late summer light.

A day at a California lavender farm is sensory and hands-on with fields to wander, workshops to join, and gardens to explore.

Vermont blueberry season is right in the heart of summer. Here's what to know about timing, what to expect, and how to find the right farm.