Spring onions are in season!
We’ve been getting a lot of people coming through the farm stand wondering why we don’t have corn, or tomatoes. The answer is– it’s not in season yet! Even though it feels like summer outside and the plants are growing quickly, and everything has been early this spring and summer, many of the late-summer goodies like corn and tomatoes are just not yet in season.
Zucchini and summer squash are in season!
Fortunately, we do have many delicious things that ARE in season! Lettuce, carrots, beets, peas, zucchini, spring onions, green beans… all of these tasty late-spring-early-summer foods are at their peak right now. One of the great things about eating with the seasons is that the veggies are always at their best. In-season foods are naturally the sweetest and most flavorful. You’re enjoying them at their finest. Plus, you can eat them every day for the few weeks when they’re at their prime, and then by the time you’re sick of them– the season’s over until next year! Voila!
How do you tell what’s in season? The folks over at SEMAP have provided us with this handy dandy calendar:
http://www.farmfresh.org/learn/harvestcalendar.php
Check it out the next time you’re wondering when tomatoes are going to come around, then come by the farm stand to see if it matches up!
