Why is August referred to as the lush harvest month?
The answer is at the farmers’ market this week.
Here is a checklist of the recent vegatables and fruits I came upon at the farm market this earlier Tuesday at the farmers’ market throughout the Sonoma plaza. The bounty is much more likely to very equivalent where you are living.
First-of-season: Apple cider, apricots, basil, Bartlett pears, bell peppers, chilies, cucumber, gobo, kale, snow peas, shelling peas, yellow waxed beans, green beans, melons, squash blossoms, crimson onions, sweet yellow onions, garlic, table grapes, radishes, summer season squash, tomatillos, zucchini.
Top-of-season: Apple cider vinegars, avocados, arugula, beets, blueberries, broccoli, bok choy, cabbages, cantaloupes, carrots, cauliflower, chard, chipotles, cilantro, collards, corn, lemon cucumbers, pickling and salad cucumbers, dried fruit, figs, garlic, greens beans, green onions, herb starts, honey, leaf lettuce, leeks, melons, mushrooms, nectarines, new potatoes, nopalitos, olive oil, olives, onions, yellow and white peaches, plums, radishes, raisins, raspberries, salad mix, spinach, strawberries, summer season squash , tomatoes, watermelons and recent herbs along with chives, dill, French tarragon, garlic chives, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, Russian tarragon, sage, oregano and culinary bay leaves.
End-of-season: Apples, celery, cherries, fava beans, lavender, lemons, scallions, oranges, nectarines, peaches, grapefruit, turnips, vegetable plant starts.
