Sierra Thomas of Harpswell shows a strawberry she picked Monday morning as her nephew, Landon Harris of Gardiner, reaches around to drop one into her container at Chipman Farm U-pick Strawberries in Minot. The farm opened for the season Monday morning. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Eleanor Bagley of Norway samples a strawberry she picked Monday morning at Chipman Farm U-pick Strawberries in Minot. The farm opened for the season Monday. She was enjoying the picking and sampling along with her younger brother and parents. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Eleanor Bagley of Norway samples a strawberry she picked Monday morning at Chipman Farm U-pick Strawberries in Minot. The farm opened for the season Monday. She was enjoying the picking and sampling along with her younger brother and parents. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Mary Gilley of Harpswell carries a flat and several quarts of strawberries Monday that she, her children and grandchildren, back, picked at Chipman Farm U-pick Strawberries in Minot. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal