Field Notes tagged summer

10 dispatches

Maine Lavender Farms: Purple Fields Between the Pines and the Coast

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.

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

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.