It if truth be told does in reality really feel like the top of summer time proper right here throughout the Sonoma Valley this week. The weather has grew to turn into breezy and quite cooler. At the farm market throughout the Sonoma town plaza this earlier Tuesday night time time a sweater was once in order as quickly because the sun dipped beneath the valley edge.
Our growers nevertheless have such a lot to choose from, on the other hand it sort of feels the tables are shrinking ever so quite.
There were numerous heirloom tomatoes to choose from moreover eggplants and squash, on the other hand I’m seeing additional apples which means that that the fall harvest is around the corner.
The highest of summer time is a time to savor the top of summer time’s vegetation and to sit up for the main crisp fall frosts.
At the farm market this week, here is a tick list of what your growers are much more likely to have to be had:
First-of-season: Apples, Brussels sprouts, Delicata, butternut, Kabocha and acorn squash, pineapple and strawberry guava, kale, lima beans, pomegranates, potatoes, pumpkins and decorative gourds, new walnuts, sweet potatoes, wintry climate vegetable starts.
Peak-of-season: Arugula, Asian pears, avocadoes, basil, beets, bell peppers, broccoli, cabbages, cantaloupes, carrots, chard, chipotles, cilantro, cucumbers, dried fruit, eggplants, figs, garlic, grapes, green onions, heirloom tomatoes, herb starts, scorching and sweet peppers, leaf lettuce, leeks, melons, mushrooms, nectarines, new potatoes, nopalitos, olive oil, olives, onions, radishes, raisins, raspberries, red onions, Romano beans, salad mix, scallions, spinach, squash blossoms, strawberries, summer time squash, sweet yellow onions, table grapes, tomatoes, tomatillos, vegetable plant starts, and herbs along side chives, dill, French tarragon, garlic chives, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, Russian tarragon, sage, oregano and culinary bay leaves.
End-of-season: Apricots, Bartlett pears, corn, lemon cucumbers, grapefruit, green beans, lavender, lemons, peaches, plums, scallions, oranges, scallions, shelling peas, snow peas, tomatoes, turnips, yellow waxed beans, yellow peaches, watermelons, zucchini.
