What Food Is In Season In June?


- agretti aka barba di frate
- almonds
apricots artichokes (globe) asparagus aubergines – from the continent avocado pears - basil
beans (French) beans (broad) - beetroot
blackcurrants - blueberries
- borage
- cabbages
carrots - cauliflower
chard cherries - cheese – soft goats’ and sheeps’ cheeses – are good thanks to all the grass and herbs the animals are eating – that’s chevre, ricotta, feta….try a Riblaire St Varent
- chervil
- chillies
- chives
- coriander
clams cockles - cod
coley courgettes crab cucumber - currants – all types, black, white and red
dill duck elderflower endive (chicory) fennel flounder - french beans
garlic scapes, also green and wild gooseberries guinea fowl haddock halibut - herb fennel
herring John Dory - kale
kiwi fruit lamb - lavender
lemon verbena lettuce and salad leaves Riblaire goats’ cheese – especially good at this time of year lobster (UK) loganberries - lovage
mackerel mange tout mangoes marigolds (if you planted in April) mint - mushrooms
- nasturtium
- onions
- oregano
- parsley
peas and pea shoots peppers - pigeon – wood
plaice pollack - potatoes
prawns rabbit radishes raspberries redcurrants rhubarb - rocket
roses use sparingly – you want your food to taste like a thousand and one nights… not a tart’s boudoir! runner beans - salad burnet
salmon - samphire
- sage
sardines - scallops – queen
sea bass sea bream shrimps sole (dover) sole (lemon) sorrel spinach - spring greens
spring onions strawberries tarragon – French tomatoes trout (river) trout (sea) turbot turnips (baby) - walnuts
watercress - whelks