Now is the time I get ready to pick all the fruit from my garden, before the bounty disappears - store, pickle and get jamming!  Fresh fruit and veg are in abundance, although  less than last year after the dry summer. It is a good time to swot up on your mushrooms [obviously wise, so as not to pick the poisonous varieties] and start early morning hunting so now is an interesting time as  a whole host of fungi start appearing in the woods. everywhere.
From fish to fruit - you can find out what’s in season on many good food websites, but here is my list;

Fruits and nuts
Apples, Apricots, Bilberries, Blackberries, Blackcurrants, Blueberries,Damsons, Greengages, Hazelnuts, Loganberries, Nectarines, Peaches, Plums, Raspberries, Redcurrants, Strawberries,.

Vegetables and greens
Artichokes, Aubergines, Beetroot, Broad Beans, Calabrese, Cabbages, Carrots, Cauliflower, Chard, Courgettes, Cucumber, Fennel, French Beans, Garlic, Artichokes, Horseradish, Kohlrabi, Lamb’s Lettuce, Lettuce, Marrow, Onions, Pak Choi, Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Radishes, Rocket, Runner Beans, Salsify, Samphire, Sorrel, Spinach, Sweetcorn, Tomatoes, Watercress

Fungi
Ceps, Chanterelles, Field Mushroom, Horse Mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Parasol Mushroom, Puffballs.

Seafood
Brown Trout, Black Bream, Crab, Crayfish, Grey Mullet, John Dory, Lobster, Mackerel, Pollack, Prawns, Rainbow Trout, Scallops, Sea Bass, Squid.

My menu at my next dinner party is;
Sea bass roasted with rosemary and lemon, Chorizo, pepper and couscous stuffed marrow, followed by, Blueberry and redcurrant Eton mess.