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• Apples- are coming in, crisp and fresh! Look for more varieties in the market as fall progresses.
  

  Apples on display

• Blackberries– soon to be gone! Make some Blackberry Sage Jam for a cold winter morning.
• Cabbage – a good winter staple
• Cherry Tomatoes – great for salads, snacking, roasting or sauté – abundant now through first frost
• Collards – Simply an amazing green to simmer and eat with beans and cornbread, ’nuff said! Don’t forget the hot pepper vinegar!
• Cucumbers– until first frost, time to make some pickles. Here’s a primer to get you going.
• Figs–  get them quick! They are almost gone. Fig and lemon jam will capture their essence, or simply do whole figs in syrup. Wrap them in prosciutto. . .
• Green Onions I find they winter ok if you grow them yourself. For fun, try sprouting the root end again by putting it is a small glass of water, it grows!
• Greens– Easily available, get baby varieties to eat raw
• Herbs– easily available in most varieties. Mint may be dying back, Basil is trying to seed. Freeze fresh herbs in ice-cube trays for winter use.
• Indian Corn– begins to hit the market through October
• Muscadine Grapes– Short season, all-time favorite regional treat. Freeze some for Halloween, use them as ‘eyeballs’ in the punchbowl or drinks.
• Mushrooms– Late summer varieties rich flavors!
• Mustard Greens– start coming in mid-September. Try some for a spicy different taste.
• Peaches– leaving the market soon. Get your fill now! Make some fresh peach ice cream this weekend and serve it over warm peach cobbler or pie.
• Peanuts– a year round favorite, raw, roasted or boiled.
• Pears– the best pears are just starting to show up. Pears will only be here a short while, through October.
• Persimmons– tricky to get just right, those who do love them!
• Pumpkins– YAY! I adore pumpkins, eating and decorating and carving, flesh seeds and all! (Check out the links! You’ll have fun, promise!)
• Raspberries– Almost gone until next year. Freeze some.
• Snap Beans– Coming to an end of the season. I adore green beans and freeze some for winter. I think canning them makes them to soggy.
• Yellow Squash– I know some aren’t sorry to see these go. Still available through mid October.
• Sweet Corn– the symbol of summer, gone by the middle of the month. If you haven’t yet, grill you some corn on the cob for dinner.
• Sweet Potatoes– Available year round although some specialty varieties come and go. I adore the garnet type from mid summer.
• Tomatoes and Tomatillos– Through first frost. Be sure to get the green ones at the end of season to make chow-chow!
• Watermelon– Another summer classic about to depart as fall descends.
• Zucchini– only through the end of September. Shred some and make some Brownies!