FEBRUARY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Winter continues, with nature still quite asleep. Some autumn fruits decay or disappear, although most leaves, roots and citrus endure the cold. At the same time, the first signs appear that we are moving towards a new season, like asparagus.

MARCH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

The whole month seems like a countdown towards spring and nature is already timidly awakening around us. Winter fruits and vegetables coexist with the first fruits of the season that brings good weather.

It is also a good month to: collect wild plants such as dandelion, which as the spring progresses will become more bitter, or try the white salsify, which is usually collected wild.

APRIL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Spring has started and the change in the calendar is reflected more and more visibly in the garden. The winter fruits are left behind and the juicy spring fruits begin to proliferate. In the vegetables there is more continuity, but some also say goodbye, like the turnip tops or the thistle, and others arrive: the queen, the green bean.

It is also a good month to: start to have tigernuts to make your own horchata; the tigernuts begin to be collected in November, they are washed and left to dry in a few cameras or “cambras” for several months.

MAY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

We are still in the spring season: the list of fruits that you can include in your shopping basket continues to increase and some of them are worth taking advantage of now because, as soon as the heat starts, they will disappear.

It is also a good month to: enjoy the spring mushrooms and cook with flowers.

JUNE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Spring begins the countdown towards summer. Fruits get bigger and even juicier, so they provide us with that extra water we’ll need as the temperatures rise. The same happens with vegetables: the most summer ones now begin to reach the markets.

It is also a good month to: enjoy the fresh basil directly from the pot.

JULY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

With the freshly started summer, the fruits and vegetables that ripen with the heat are consolidated. The orchard is filled with vegetables ideal for preparing delicious salads and grilled vegetables. We can also start enjoying berries like cranberry or currant.

It is also a good month to: pick up or find zucchini flowers, which you can cook in tempura alone or stuffed.

AUGUST FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

In the middle of summer some fruits that started their season with spring, such as apricots, are said goodbye. However, they are almost ready to mark the end of the holidays, such as the grape and fig, which will arrive at the end of the month. The sun intensifies the flavors and allows us to enjoy summer food in all its splendor.

It is also a good month to: collect your chamomile flowers and dry them to prepare infusions.

SEPTEMBER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Towards the end of summer, we gradually entered a new cycle. Many novelties begin to appear, such as grapes, Calanda peaches, mushrooms … And the season of the apple and other fruits that will be consolidated as we enter the fall begins.

It is also a good month to: enjoy the first almonds of the year and eat the tender corn on your cob.

OCTOBER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Little by little, we enter the autumn. The energy of nature descends and contracts. They ripen fruits that mark the change of cycle, some of very short season, typically autumnal. The vegetable garden is also filled with vegetables suitable for entering a slower and more concentrated kitchen.

It is also a good month to: harvest saffron, enjoy the first nuts of the year and, if it has rained, throw yourself into the forest to look for the first mushrooms.

NOVEMBER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

The leaves begin to fall and the energy is concentrated in the roots, which are fully incorporated into the kitchen of this time. There are also some traditional vegetables of autumn and winter, such as borage or fennel.

It is also a good month to: go to the forest to collect wild fruits such as strawberry trees, sloes or rose hips; in Galicia the grelo plant shoots its first shoots, the nabizas, which can be enjoyed tenderly.

DECEMBER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Autumn walks inexorably towards winter. We will still find the most typical fruits of autumn, although some will have to be dismissed as the month progresses. The winter vegetables are consolidated and prepare the ground for us to enter the most winter kitchen.

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