UK Seasonal Produce Guide: What to Buy Every Month of the Year
Seasonal eating saves money and tastes better. This month-by-month guide shows what's at its peak throughout the year in the UK.
Seasonal eating saves money and tastes better. This month-by-month guide shows what's at its peak throughout the year in the UK.
Seasonal produce is cheaper, tastier, and better for the environment. Here's what's at its best every month in the UK.
Vegetables: Brussels sprouts, parsnips, leeks, celeriac, kale, red cabbage, swede
Fruits: Apples, pears, cranberries, clementines
Vegetables: Leeks, parsnips, Jerusalem artichokes, purple sprouting broccoli (late month), forced rhubarb
Fruits: Stored apples and pears, blood oranges
Vegetables: Purple sprouting broccoli, leeks, cavolo nero, spring greens emerging
Fruits: Forced rhubarb, last of the citrus
Vegetables: Spring onions, watercress, sorrel, wild garlic, purple sprouting broccoli
Fruits: Rhubarb in full swing
Vegetables: Asparagus begins! Jersey Royals, spring onions, radishes, wild garlic
Fruits: Rhubarb
Vegetables: Asparagus at peak, broad beans, new potatoes, spring greens, elderflower
Fruits: First strawberries (late month)
Vegetables: Peas, broad beans, courgettes, globe artichokes, new potatoes
Fruits: Strawberries, gooseberries, cherries, elderflower
Vegetables: Runner beans, courgettes, tomatoes (outdoor), cucumbers, fennel
Fruits: Raspberries, cherries, blueberries, currants
Vegetables: Sweetcorn, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, courgettes, runner beans
Fruits: Plums, greengages, blackberries, early apples
Vegetables: Squash and pumpkins, sweetcorn, beetroot, wild mushrooms
Fruits: Blackberries, damsons, apples, pears, sloes
Vegetables: Squash varieties, Brussels sprouts begin, celeriac, Jerusalem artichokes
Fruits: Apples (many varieties), pears, quinces, medlars
Vegetables: All the roots—parsnips, swede, turnips, carrots, beets. Cabbages, Brussels sprouts
Fruits: Apples, pears, quinces
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