Seasonal Veggies and Fruits

[x l ent]

What vegetables and fruits which are seasonal are available right now? Does anyone know? Also is lobster in season?

[poolguywindsor]

The lobster is from Monday! 5 lb. monster.

Any Fruits! The fruit lady on the beach had these monster avocado,s every day last week!

[Aimbri]

Now that's a lobster...

[smith744]

according to a March2013 Gleanor article ".. that the annual lobster closed season starts on April 1 and runs until June 30.."

link:>>> http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...ead/lead3.html

stay tuned::: next-week, i'll be posting what i *discover* in-season food-wise ----- I'm *guess*-ing that sorrell(sp?) IS available [[ fingers crossed ]]

[Bnewb]

I'm *guess*-ing that sorrell(sp?) IS available [[ fingers crossed ]]

No worries Smith....just like pear/avocado...it's getting easier to get sorrel all year long...though I still think of it as a Christmas drink...hehe!

[smith744]

No worries ......it's getting easier to get sorrel all year long...

GREAT news..!!..

:-)

learning to-make the '.drink.' is on my To-Do-List

[Papa Georgie]

I was happy to see large bags of good sized grapefruit in the HiLo last week and the week before.
I eat a grapefruit every morning so I didn't have to scrounge around looking for decent
grapefruit this year.

Yayyyyy!

[smith744]

I was happy to see large bags of good sized grapefruit in the HiLo last week and the week before.

Yippie..!!..

:-)

Wonderful news..!!..

love love LOVE those Ja-grapefruit ---- soooooooooooooo sweet tasting ... not as tart, as those I-get here in-foreign

even the white-part taste-great

but rather than HiLo,

i'll get mine at a local-market (e.g., Lucea or Sav)

[Rob]

Hi Lo is a local supermarket chain... they are available island wide.

They get much of their local produce from the same farmers as do the smaller vendors... and of course they also carry many more items than do any of the smaller vendors.

Buying off the truck from the actual farmer can be a fun experience - they drive right up to where you are, and you get fresh produce right from the farm!

[smith744]

Hi Lo is a local supermarket chain... they are available island wide.

They get much of their local produce from the same farmers as do the smaller vendors...

ummmmm

i unna-stan your point,
BUT they key-word in your post is "..much.."

for example,
there's a guy in *my* Lucea-neighborhood (and several others in the area)
who do not supply HiLo, and other supermarkets (e.g., the China-man groceries),
but they do supply small vendors at the market, and/or sell their wares themselves at the market.

and of course they also carry many more items than do any of the smaller vendors.

that's tru tru
IF you include the pre-packaged goods (e.g., cereal, Pampers, drinks in bottles & cans, one-ply toilet paper, Bop roach spray, pastries, bread, female hair products, blue laundry soap, etc., etc. etc.)

Nevertheless,
for-me,
for the most part,
under most situations,
I stay away from HiLo for my fresh produce, veggies, fruits

i'm picky-picky about my produce stuff

that stuff in HiLo & ValueMaster just don't *look* right to me & my eyes. 'Tis hard to explain, but there IS a difference (to me).

of course, the best-est is from somebody's yard ---- stuff that never makes it to the markets and/or chain-grocery.

oh
oh
oooooooooooooh::::::::::>>> and the MOST-important thing:::>> because money is '.dear.' (for me):::::>>> HiLo & ValueMaster are waaaaaaaaaaaaay to expen$ive (for me).