With a passion for lilacs, Ken Berdeen raises over 1,500 lilac bushes on his 65 acres of land just outside of Kennebunk. Joe Iriana, Wade Zahares, and others document Berdeen's desire to raise lilacs and how he got into that line of work.

Barney Beal documents the work and crowds at Java Joe's Coffee Shop in Portland.

Diane Cook speaks to Joe Anderson, an arborist in Portland Maine. Anderson discusses trees, the work that an arborist performs, and things on his mind while he works.

After several hours of preparation, 12 Salt students were guided by Reid Chapman on making apple cider the old fashioned way. Ann Bath and others document the process Chapman goes through to make his cider.

Nancy Jesser hangs out with Joe in Millinocket, who believes that people mature faster in small towns than in the city.

Kate Kassett documents the life of Joe Miller, who goes by the name Mysti, and dreams of one day biologically becoming a woman.

Kiersten Hanna captures the controversial life of Joe Soley, a landlord in the Old Port District of Portland, who many regard as a slumlord.

Among bat populations, a disease known as White Nose Syndrome is killing them off, expect in the state of Maine. Joe Rosenberg explores how a fungus is causing bats to die, and why the bats in Maine seem to be immune to this disease.

In Maine, hunters are permitted to only kill a specific number of bears during the hunting season, a number determined by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Joe Rosenberg documents the work that Maine's Black Bear Monitoring Team does in order to count the number of new-born cubs in the wild.

Marcie Parker highlights the controversial life of Joe Soley, a landlord in the Old Port District of Portland, who many regard as a slumlord. Parker investigates Soley's life and his reputation as a slumlord.

After several hours of preparation, 12 Salt students were guided by Reid Chapman on making apple cider the old fashioned way. Ann Bath and others document the process Chapman goes through to make his cider.

Following traditional Micmac Indian practices, Libby and Joe Muse make potato baskets in Presque Isle. Laurie Smith and Jason Wheeler visit the Muse's to learn how to create baskets, step by step.