spring produce
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Guides tagged spring produce.
Asparagus
Asparagus is one of the first serious vegetables of spring: quick-cooking, delicate, and best when it is handled simply. The main skill is knowing how to choose fresh spears and stop cooking before they go soft.
Lettuce
Lettuce changes a lot by type: romaine is crisp, butter lettuce is soft, leaf lettuce is tender, and iceberg is all crunch. Knowing the difference makes salads easier and waste less likely.
Peas
Peas are a short-season spring crop where freshness matters. Shelling peas, sugar snap peas, and snow peas all taste sweetest soon after harvest and cook very quickly.
Radishes
Radishes are crisp, peppery roots that arrive early in the growing season and return in fall. They are excellent raw, quick-pickled, roasted, or served simply with butter and salt.
Mixed Salad Greens
Mixed salad greens from a farm stand — loose-leaf lettuces, arugula, spinach, and more, harvested that morning — bear no resemblance to the washed and bagged mixes that have been sitting in a bag for a week. This is the produce where local sourcing makes the most immediate difference.
Spinach
Spinach is one of the most nutritionally dense vegetables at any farm stand, and one of the most season-dependent — spring and fall spinach is sweet and tender, while summer heat pushes it to bolt and turn bitter. Timing is most of the skill.
Spring Produce Guide — Ramps, Asparagus, Strawberries, and More
Spring brings some of the most prized and fleeting produce of the year. Here's what to look for, when to find it, and how to make the most of the short window each crop is available.
How to eat seasonally in early spring
Early spring is a transition season — not winter anymore, but not yet peak growing season either. Here is how to eat well with what is actually available right now.
Spring produce guide: what is in season and how to use it
Spring brings some of the most exciting produce of the year — tender greens, early alliums, fresh herbs, and the first sweet strawberries. This guide covers what is actually in season and how to make the most of it.
What fresh eggs, greens, and early harvests say about spring
Spring's first farm offerings — eggs, leafy greens, and early root crops — tell you a lot about what the season is and why it is worth paying attention to.
What to Buy From Local Farms in Spring
Spring is the most exciting time to shop from local farms — the season kicks off with crisp greens, fresh eggs, and a wave of early produce you won't find anywhere near as good in a grocery store.