Eating Locally means Eating Seasonally
If you eat ‘seasonally’, you eat food at the right times of the year when nature intends us to. Each season has its prime produce when it reaches the best size, taste, nutritional value, and general goodness. Aligning yourself with nature by eating the seasons is similarly found in Chinese Medicine where one attempts to find balance, Yin and Yang, hot and cold, and wet and dry. Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food!
Spring Season
The Spring Season will be heavy on leafy greens like kale, mustard greens, collard greens, lettuce, and so on. Root crops like carrots, beets, and radishes are also readily available during the spring. Below is a list of all crops normally planted for spring.
- Arugula
- Asparagus
- Beets
- Bok Choy
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Collard Greens
- Herbs
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Mustard Greens
- Onions
- Parsley
- Radishes
- Snow Peas
- Sugar Peas
- Spinach
- Strawberries
- Swiss Chard
- Turnip Greens
- Turnips
Summer Season
The Summer Season provides an abundance of homegrown favorites like tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini, cucumbers, blueberries, blackberries, and a variety of different peppers. Below is a list of all crops normally planted for summer.
- Banana Peppers
- Basil
- Bell Peppers
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe
- Carrots
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Cucumber
- Eggplant
- Garlic
- Green Beans
- Herbs
- Jalapeno Peppers
- Lettuce
- Okra
- Onions
- Peas
- Potatoes
- Squash
- Sweet Corn
- Swiss Chard
- Tomatoes
- Watermelons
- Zucchini
Fall Season
Fall season will begin with many of the same crops as summer and then transition to cooler season crops similar to spring with the addition of a variety of winter squashes like butternut squash and acorn squash along with pumpkins and sweet potatoes. Below is a list of all crops normally planted for fall.
- Apples
- Banana Peppers
- Basil
- Beets
- Bell Peppers
- Bok Choy
- Broccoli
- Butternut Squash
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe
- Carrots
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Collard Greens
- Cucumber
- Eggplant
- Herbs
- Jalapeno Peppers
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Mustard Greens
- Onions
- Potatoes
- Pumpkins
- Radishes
- Squash
- Sweet Potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Turnip Greens
- Winter Squash
- Zucchini
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