Peaches and nectarines still rule, but plums and melons are rolling in and will soon replace them.
Last chance for apricots. No matter; the melons are particularly wonderful this year, which is odd, since there’s no water.
Same thing for watercress, which is abundant and more fragrant and spicy than usual. Garlics are kicking in in a big way.
Corn‘s abounding; so are tomatoes and basil; buy and eat lots of both to distract you from the growing mounds of local potatoes and leeks and flat beans, signs that fall is already on its way.
Home brewers, get your fresh hops; mycophiles, keep an eye out for boletus mushrooms at your forager’s table. Another sign: Among the berries, blue and black, the first fall raspberries are showing up.
