What’s in season?
From consumers, chefs and leaders in the health industry – I am shocked at how many people consistently don’t know what’s in season. A month back, I got an email from a local college here in Nashville from a woman who was contacting me to see if I knew of any farmers who could come speak at their Health and Wellness week. Her idea was to help educate students on sourcing their healthy snacks locally. She asked if we could bring something we sell from the farmers including bananas and oranges. My jaw dropped. Surely she knows bananas and oranges don’t grow in Nashville!
Then today, I received a comment in a Facebook post for the farmers market “Our favorite late night snack are blueberries since the fruit is packed with vitamins, antioxidants, and more than 4 grams of fiber. Looks like we should stop by to pick up some from the market!” Clearly this person doesn’t understand the concept of in-seasonal produce, as blueberries have been out of season for about 2 months.
So let’s play a little game of What’s in Season:
Winner gets this amazing 12 Print Collection from Claudia Pearson called Perpetual Harvest
- As a comment to this post: Guess when each fruit or veggie is in season
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oooo I want to try! Some can spread over multiple seasons and our CSA is totally messed up right now (just got kale and heirloom tomatoes (last week!), and are getting more zucchini and squash! thanks, crazy drought summer), so some of these were total guesses. I’m still learning! I promise I didn’t cheat or look anything up.
Strawberries – Summer (early)
Okra – Summer
Radishes – Spring
Tomatoes – Summer (early)
Asparagus – Spring
Bell peppers – Summer
Carrots – Summer
Watermelon – Summer
Green Beans – Summer
Acorn Squash – Fall
Eggplant – Summer
Apples – Fall
Beets – Spring
Swiss Chard – Spring
Potatoes – Summer
Basil – Summer
Turnips – Spring
Cucumbers – Summer
Artichokes – Summer
Kale – Spring
Blueberries – Summer
I’m in St. Louis, MO! I’m already subscribed via Google Reader and will tweet shortly.
P.S. You have tomatoes on there twice!
summer: strawberries, okra, tomatoes, bell peppers, yellow squash, cucumbers, blueberries, watermelon, basil, green beans
fall: acorn squash, beets, turnips, potatoes, kale, apples, artichoke
spring: asparagus, carrots, radishes, swiss chard
those prints are beautiful!
I live in Nashville, where it can be confusing when summer ends and fall starts, due to the extreme heat all through September! =)
I sure hope nobody cheats!
strawberries- summer
okra- summer
radishes- spring/fall
tomatoes- summer
asparagus- spring
bell pepper- summer
carrots- spring/fall
watermelon- summer
green beans- summer
acorn squash- fall
eggplant- fall
apples – fall
beets- summer
yellow squash- summer/fall
swiss chard – summer
potatoes- spring/fall
basil – summer
turnips- fall
cucumber- summer
artichoke- spring
kale – spring/fall
blueberries- summer
Strawberries: Summer
Okra: summer/fall
Radishes: fall
Tomatoes: summer
Asparagus: winter
Bell peppers: summer
Carrots: winter/spring
Watermelon: summer
Green Beans: summer
Acorn Squash: fall
Eggplant: summer
Apples: fall
Beets: winter/spring
Yellow Squash: summer
Swiss chard: once a season
Potatoes: winter
Basil: spring/summer
Turnips: winter
Cucumbers: summer
Artichoke: winter
Kale: once a season
Blueberries: summer
I live in Middle Tennessee. Here ya go:
Strawberries: Summer
Okra: Summer
Radishes: Summer
Tomatoes: Summer
Asparagus: Spring
Bell peppers: Summer
Carrots: Spring
Watermelon: Summer
Green Beans: Summer
Acorn Squash: Fall
Eggplant: Fall
Apples: fall
Beets: S[romg
Yellow Squash: Summer
Swiss chard: Summer
Potatoes: Fall
Basil: Spring
Turnips: Fall
Cucumbers: Summer
Artichoke: Spring
Kale: Summer
Blueberries: Summer
Yum, fresh food!
Strawberries – late spring/early summer
Okra – Summer into fall
Radishes – Spring/summer
Tomatoes – Summer into fall
Asparagus – early spring
Bell peppers – Summer into fall
Carrots – early spring into summer
Watermelon – Summer
Green Beans – Summer
Acorn Squash – late summer into fall
Eggplant – Summer
Apples – Fall
Beets – Spring and fall
Swiss Chard – Spring and fall, even winter
Potatoes – Summer and fall
Basil – Summer into fall
Turnips – Spring and fall
Cucumbers – Summer into fall
Artichokes – hmmm, summer? Don’t get local ones around here
Kale – Spring, fall, and winter (never ending!)
Blueberries – Summer
Strawberries – spring/early summer (BUT we grew some Chandler varieties in a greenhouse and had some in Feb!)
Okra – Summer/ fall
Radishes – Spring/fall
Tomatoes – Summer/ fall- or spring/fall if you grow in a hoophouse!
Asparagus – spring
Bell peppers – Summer/ fall
Carrots – spring/fall
Watermelon – Summer
Green Beans – Spring, summer,fall (depending on variety)
Acorn Squash – fall- store all winter
Eggplant – Summer/fall
Apples – Summer (June varieties) and Fall
Beets – Spring and fall
Swiss Chard – Spring,fall, winter
Potatoes – Summer- then store for the fall and winter,Sweet potatoes are Fall
Basil – Spring, summer
Turnips –fall, winter
Cucumbers – Summer/fall (or spring if you grow in a hoophouse)
Artichokes –summer (or fall if you grow in a hot greenhouse)
Kale – Spring, fall, winter
Blueberries – Summer
hmmm.. lets see here.
Spring: Strawberries, Asparagus,
Summer: Tomatoes, Watermelon, Cucumber, Blueberries, Okra, Basil, Bell Peppers
Fall: Kale, Radishes, Potatoes, Acorn Squash, Artichoke, Squash, Apples
Winter: Kale, Potatoes, Carrots, Swiss Chard
how did I do?