Season guides
What's in season, month by month, around the world
Every month has two halves. While the north is picking the last of the harvest, the south is in blossom. These twelve guides cover both, what's ripe, what's being foraged, what goes in the ground, and the food customs each place keeps.
January
North: Deep dormancy, pruning, planning
South: High summer, stone fruit, tomatoes
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February
North: First stirrings, forcing, sowing under cover
South: Grape harvest, figs, peak abundance
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March
North: First green, wild garlic, equinox
South: Harvest end, apples, autumn equinox
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April
North: Blossom, asparagus
South: Olives, chestnuts, first cold
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May
North: Elderflower, first salads
South: Citrus, dormancy beginning
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June
North: First fruit, solstice, u-pick opens
South: Midwinter, pruning, citrus peak
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July
North: Glut, berries, high summer
South: Deep winter, planning
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August
North: Blackberries, plums, first apples
South: First stirrings, almond blossom
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SeptemberThis month
North: Harvest, grapes, mushrooms
South: Spring, asparagus, first greens
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October
North: Last harvest, sloes, storage
South: Blossom, spring abundance
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November
North: Frost, roots, bare-root planting
South: Early stone fruit, strawberries
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December
North: Solstice, dormancy, preserves
South: High summer, first grapes
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