In season: June
Vegetables
Asian greens, avocados, beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, green cabbage, red cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, fennel, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, cultivated mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, slippery jack mushrooms, onions, brown, onion, pickling, parsnips, potatoes, pumpkins, shallots, silverbeet, spinach, swedes, sweet potatoes, turnips, truffle (local Canberra black truffle), wombok (aka Chinese cabbage, aka celery cabbage)
Herbs, spices and aromatics
garlic (from last November!), ginger, horseradish, spring onions (aka green onions, aka shallots – not eschallots), turmeric
Fruits, berries and nuts
golden delicious apples, Granny Smith apples, jonathan apples, cumquats, custard apples, fejoias, kiwifruit, lemons, limes, mandarins, melons, nashi, nuts, olives, oranges, oranges (Navel), pears, persimmons, quince, rhubarb, tamarillo
Thanks for this, you’ve given me some inspiration for what to buy and cook up for winter – rhubarb – yum! BTW, what IS the difference between shallots and eshallots?
Oooooh hello there fellow Canberran! Eshallots look like little onions and shallots are the long green ones. Both are delicious and handy
Yes, I found it handy posting a seasonal list and making the most of things in their cheapest and delicious peak. It also meant I had 12 posts pre-written for the year
Yay!