Cider pressing at Adams School in Castine.

Jack o’lantern in early snow.

Scarecrow at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill.

Sunflowers.

Celebrate the local harvest at the Stonington Local Foods Festival, in late September, and Blue Hill’s Foliage, Food & Wine Festival in October—and at the several farmer markets held on different days in different towns. Above, carrots and turnips at the Deer Isle Farmers Market held Wednesday mornings next to town hall.