What fruits and vegetables are in season
Use these seasonal fruits and vegetables in refreshing smoothies or salads this summer.
According to the website Healthy Organic, fruit in season for the Summer months of December, January and February include: Apricots, apples, bananas, berries like blue berries, strawberries, black berries & raspberries, cherries, elderberries, figs, grapes, granadillas, guava, kiwi fruit, lemons, litchis, mangoes, melons, nectarines, paw paws, peaches, pears, pineapples, plums, pomegranates, prickly pears, quince, spanspek, tree tomatoes, watermelons
Vegetables
Artichokes, asparagus, beetroot, butternut, baby corn, brinjals, cabbage, carrots, celery, chillies, chives, courgettes or baby marrow, cucumber, garlic, green beans, lettuce, mange tout, marog, mealies, mushrooms, okra, onions, parsley, potatoes, pumpkin, radishes, rhubarb, spinach, spring onions, sweet peppers, sweet potatoes, Swiss chard, squash, turnips
Herbs
Basil, bay leaves, borage, dill, fennel, lemon grass, marjoram, mint, oreganum, rocket, rosemary, sage, thyme
