Seasonal calendar May: These regional vegetables and fruits will be available soon

Buying vegetables and fruits seasonally saves money, tastes better and is good for the environment.

You can find out what is the season in May here.

Heinrich Heine already wrote: “Today is May 1st.

[...] It's a beautiful day! ”We are looking forward to it this spring, because from May there will be more

fruit and vegetables in season

than in March or April.

The good weather also benefits herbs * that grow outdoors.

Why should you shop seasonally and regionally at all?

Fruit and vegetables that cannot be grown in Germany at certain times of the year (or in the case of exotic fruits: never) have to be imported from far away, which is bad for the environment and the climate.

The transport causes a lot of CO2 and greenhouse gases.

But apart from that, you are doing yourself something good by

buying

local vegetables and fruits of the season

, because firstly they are cheaper and secondly they taste better because they were harvested aromatic and ripe.

This fruit is in season in May

• Apples

• Strawberries

• Cherries

In May, the

strawberry season

finally wakes up

from hibernation! You now get regional strawberries from protected cultivation, which means that they have ripened under foil or fleece or in the greenhouse. Interesting to know: In

May,

regional apples

are only available from storage, in the summer months of June and July they are neither grown in the open nor stored in storage. So now strike again and, for example, cook delicious applesauce from it. Otherwise,

things are unfortunately still a bit cautious

when it comes to

regional fruit varieties

in May

. The first regional

cherries

can be expected

at least from the end of May

. We'll have to wait a little longer for other berries and plums.

Bake now:

A recipe to fall in love with: sunken strawberry-rhubarb cake.

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This vegetable is in season in May

While the

asparagus

was still a few and very expensive in supermarkets in April, the season really starts in May. There will now be asparagus from Germany on every corner, with it you can prepare a lot of delicacies from risotto to lasagna to the classic dish with potatoes and hollandaise sauce. In addition, the

salad season

starts in May

. All regional salads with the exception of radicchio are now available from outdoor cultivation. Perfect for barbecues when you want to serve fresh salads. Fresh broccoli and radishes and other vegetables will also be back in season from May. Not to forget: The

time of the

wild garlic

is not over yet - quickly prepare another delicious pesto with the wild garlic.

By the way: tomatoes and cucumbers are still from the heated greenhouse in May.

You can look forward to:

• Wild garlic (e.g. delicious as soup)

• cauliflower

• broccoli

• Iceberg lettuce

• endive salad

• spring onions

• Potatoes

• Carrots

• Kohlrabi

• Lettuce

• Leeks (e.g. delicious as a quiche)

• radish

• radish

• Rhubarb (rhubarb belongs to the pole vegetables, even if you want to attribute it to the fruit)

• arugula

• asparagus

• spinach

• Onions

Italian classic meets favorite vegetables:

this is how you make a delicious asparagus lasagna.

These herbs are in season in May

• Wild garlic

• Basil (tastes like homemade pesto)

• Nettle

• dill

• chervil

• coriander

• laurel

• oregano

• parsley

• rosemary

• sage

• chives

• thyme

• Lemon balm

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Also read:

You shouldn't buy these fruits and vegetables in autumn and winter.

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