The Best of Summer's Seasonal Produce

At times it can be difficult to know which fruit and vegetables are in season because so many of them are available in store year round. But if we were to imagine we could all just wander out into our own vegetable gardens and orchards here's what we would have to choose from, in season, in Summer…

Fruit:

Apples (early ones)
Apricots
Avocados, reids (my favourite avocado is at its best from December to January in the Barossa)
Blackberries
Blueberries (continuing into autumn)
Cherries
Fresh currants
Figs (early ones)
Gooseberries
Mangoes
Mulberries (for a short time in January and February in the Barossa)
Nectarines
Passionfruit
Peaches
Pineapples
Plums
Raspberries
Rockmelon
Watermelon

Vegetables:

Basil
Capsicum ( peppers) [early ones]
Carrots (at their peak)
Coriander
Cucumbers
Dill
Eggplants (aubergines) [early ones]
Flat beans
Flat – leaf parsley
Lettuces
Potatoes (pink eyes in December and nicolas in February)
Rocket
Sorrel
Squash
Sugar snap peas
Sweet corn
Tomatoes (early ones)
Zucchini (courgettes)