April - what’s in season?
Vegetables: broccoli (purple sprouting), cabbages (various green varieties), cauliflower, greens (spring and winter), lettuce, radishes, sea kale, sorrel, watercress, early asparagus
Fruit: rhubarb, bananas*
Wild greens and herbs: alexanders, chickweed, chives, cow parsley (aka wild chervil), dandelions, fat hen, hogweed shoots, hop shoots, meadowsweet (leaves), nettles, sea kale, sea spinach, sorrel, watercress, wild garlic, wild rocket (leaves)
Wild flowers and fruits: primroses (garden)
Fungi and nuts: morels, St George’s mushrooms
Meat: spring lamb
Fish and shellfish: cockles, crab (brown, cock), pollack, salmon (wild), sea trout, cod, red mullet
Game: wood pigeon
Other: eggs! They may be available all year round nowadays, but naturally-reared chickens will only start laying again once the days start to get longer…..
* As with last month’s citrus fruits, these obviously aren’t indigenous to the UK! Try to avoid buying air-freighted and GO FAIR TRADE where you can.
