Here comes the sun, and with it also many gifts eaten from the garden and from the orchard!
Colorful, healthy, juicy and refreshing, let's not miss itto fruits and vegetables of the summer, obviously in the most natural version, km 0, organic and sustainable as possible. Let's find out month by month what the hottest months of the year have in store for us.
What's in the basket of May
Among vegetables in May harvested in May we find beets, carrots, friars' beard, asparagus, cabbage, chicory, spring onions, green beans and snow peas, broad beans, fennel, salad, lettuce and baby lettuce. Then potatoes, peas, tomatoes, radicchio, radishes, rocket, celery, spinach. And again borage, broccoli, ribs, watercress, chives, herbs, hops, nettle, parsley, rhubarb, turnip, celery, potatoes and dandelions.
for May fruit we are oriented between what the winter leaves and the April cart and what comes from the sun. While on the one hand there are still the last oranges, on the other there are kiwis and strawberries, the undisputed queens of the season. In addition to apples, there are also pears, cherries, medlars and apricots. From a distance you can see the yellow melons of the south.
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June and its treasures
Between the vegetables of June there are garlic, beets, basil, beets, carrots, cucumbers, onions, spring onions, beans, green beans, broad beans, new potatoes, peppers, peas, tomatoes, radishes, rocket, green celery and courgettes. And more courgette and courgette flowers, salad.
Instead between the June fruit we find apricots, cherries, strawberries and wild strawberries, raspberries, melon, medlar, pears, peaches and plums.
What the month of July brings to the table
Between the vegetables of July there are: garlic, beets, basil, beets, carrots, cucumbers, onions, spring onions, beans, green beans, broad beans, new potatoes, peppers, peas, tomatoes, radishes, rocket, green celery and courgettes. And still courgette and courgette flowers, cut salads, nettles, new potatoes.
Instead between the seasonal fruit available in July we find: apricots, black cherries and cherries, watermelons and melons, both yellow and orange, strawberries, blueberries, mulberry blackberries, medlars, pears, plums, peaches of all kinds, tobacco peaches, percocche, nectarine, raspberry, currants, plums, gooseberry. The first figs also begin to appear.
August full of ...
Between the August vegetables there are: garlic, beets, beets, carrots, cucumbers, onions, spring onions, beans, green beans, new potatoes, peppers, peas, tomatoes, radishes, rocket, green celery and courgettes. And still courgette and courgette flowers, cut salads, nettles and many spices and aromatic plants: basil, marjoram, mint, oregano, savory and lemon balm.
Instead, between the fruit of August: watermelons and melons, mulberry blackberries, medlars, figs, small summer pears, plums and sloes, peaches of various types, the last apricots and strawberries. While the fruits of the undergrowth are plentiful: blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries and currants.
To learn more:
> Find out more about summer vegetables
> Three fruit sorbets for the summer
