The traditional Derbyshire Well-Dressing season continues throughout August. Very often the pictures created to dress the wells are made out of growing things and beans and seeds. Even if you don’t have a local well to dress, making one of these pictures could be something to do with kids come the holidays. Have a look at this beautiful example we found on the internet.
Then there’s Lammas Day on August 1st. Lammas Day is the original harvest festival when the first bread was made with the new corn. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Lammas Day is called the "Feast of First Fruits". It’s also a date observed by Pagans, as the midpoint between the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox.
Better-known August dates include the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (6-30th) and the Notting Hill Carnival
(28th and 29th). And Monday 30th August is our Late Summer Bank Holiday date.
And now onto the food!
Coming in:
Leek
Peppers and Chillies
Pumpkins / squashes
Salsify
Apples (early)
Damsons
Pears
Going strong (are you sitting comfortably?!):
Aubergine
Globe Artichoke
Beetroot
Broad beans
Broccoli (calabrese and tenderstem)
Green cabbages
Carrots
Cavalo Nero
Swiss Chard
Cauliflower
Courgette
Cucumber
Fennel
French beans
Garlic
Kohl rabi
Lambs lettuce
Lettuce
Marrow
Onions
Pak choi
Peas and Mange tout
Pepper
Potato
Radish
Rocket
Runner beans
Sorrel
Spinach
Spring onions
Sweetcorn
Tomato
Turnip
Watercress
Blackberries
Blackcurrants
Blueberries
Plums
Raspberries
Redcurrants
The last of:
Samphire
Apricots
Cherries
Rhubarb
Strawberries
Categories: food, seasonal eating, vegetables
