We were driving along Coastal Route 1 bound for Northport and Belfast when we were detoured inland, toward Union. There had been some sort of terrible accident, so the detour signs were not set up as they usually are for road work. So we ended up exploring some of the parts of Maine away form the coast. 

That was a lucky break for us! The lupines were in full bloom everywhere (indeed, this weekend is the annual Lupine Festival in far Stonington). We went this way and that along winding roads and over gentle hills covered with lupines, until we came upon a sign that read "Fresh Strawberries 2 miles ->"

That's how we discovered Beth's Farm Market, in Warren, ME.

What a find! It's a big place, committed to local and pesticide-free produce, most of it organically grown.

We got:

• strawberries
• new potatoes
• fresh peas
• dandelion greens
• breakfast radishes
• rhubarb
• fresh cream, and
• their own special concord grape juice.

Now I have to think of how to prepare all that.  

To top it off, we got one of their fresh strawberry shortcakes. There's nothing like a fresh-made strawberry shortcake made with local berries fresh picked, with a view of the hills and farmland and lupines of summertime Maine!