What's in season?
OCTober
Acorns, Aubergine, Apples, Beetroot, Blackberries, Beechnuts, Bladdernuts, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Butternut Squash, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Cherries, Chestnuts, Chickweed, Chicory, Chillies, Common Sorrel, Courgette, Crow Garlic, Cucumber, Elderberries, Hawthorn, Horseradish, Kale, Leeks, Lesser burdock, Lettuce, Marrow, Nettle, Onions, Parsnips, Pears, Peas, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Radishes, Rocket, Rosehips, Runner Beans, Sheeps Sorrel, Spearmint, Spear Shaped Orache, Spinach, Spring Greens, Spring Onions, Summer Squash, Swede, Sweetcorn, Sweet Chestnuts, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Turnips, Watercress, Walnuts, Wild Cabbage, Wild Marjoram, Wild Mushrooms, Wild thyme, Winter Cress, Winter Squash, Wood Sorrel, Yarrow.
eat Local food - for free!
Eating local produce in season can cut your food miles and shopping budget. You might think that there’s nothing to be foraged or eaten from the garden once winter kicks in but there’s more available than you might think… There are some great foraging guides too: I recommend Foraging: The Essential Guide to Free Wild Food by John Lewis-Stempel.
November
Apples, Beetroot, Brussels Sprouts, Bullace Butternut Squash, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Chestnuts, Chickweed, Chicory, Cranberries, Crow Garlic, Elderberries, Fat Hen, Fat Hen, Hawthorn berry, Horseradish, Jerusalem Artichokes, Kale, Leeks, Onions, Oyster mushrooms, Parsnips, Pears, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Sloes, Swede, Swiss Chard, Turnips, Watercress, Wild Mushrooms, Wild Cabbage, Winter Cress, Winter Squash Wood Sorrel, Yarrow.
december
Apples, Beetroot, Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Celeriac, Celery, Chestnuts, Chicory, Cranberries, Crow Garlic, Elder, Fat Hen, Horseradish, Jerusalem Artichokes, Kale, Leeks, Mushrooms, Onions, Parsnips, Pears, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Red Cabbage, Swede, Swiss Chard, Turnips, Watercress, Wild Cabbage, Winter Squash.
january
Apples, Beetroot, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Celeriac, Celery, Chicory, Chickweed, Common Sorrel, Cowberry, Crow Garlic, Hairy Bittercress, Jerusalem Artichokes, Kale, Leeks, Mushrooms, Onions, Parsnips, Pears, Spring Greens, Spring Onions, Squash, Swedes, Turnips, Winter cress, Wild Cabbage, Wood Sorrel