Your Favorite Spot in Maine?

Tricky topic, "favorite spot;" either you're in the confessional or you've joined the Chamber of Commerce. But if favorite means "I go there all the time," a top candidate would be the weekly farmers market in Rockland. It's on Thursdays from 9 to 1 at the public landing and that's a big part of what makes it a standout. First class produce, meat, cheese and baked goods are (fortunate us!) pretty much a given at any Midcoast farmers market, but because Rockland's is right next door to the harbor, you can look up from buying a box of fragrant local strawberries - or perhaps a restorative pastry - and there in the background is a frieze of boats and the beautiful deep blue sea.

Leslie Land is a garden columnist for The New York Times.