Food Ideas For September

Scroll down for ideas for eating, growing, cooking and learning in September.

First, enjoy this video of the September Book "Blackberry's Sunbathing Day"

September Eating

What's in season this month?

Grow your own, or buy local this month:

Apples

Artichoke (globe)

Aubergine

Beetroot

Blackberries

Broad beans

Broccoli

Butternut squash

Cabbage

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celeriac

Celery

Chard

Cobnuts (fresh hazel type nut)

Courgettes

Cucumber

Damsons

Fennel

French beans

Garlic

Kale (baby leaves)
Kohlrabi

Leek (small baby size)

Lettuce

Mangetout

Marrows

Grow your own, or buy local (continued):

Mushrooms (cultivated)

Mushrooms (wild)

Onions

Pak Choi

Pears

Peas 

Peppers

Plums

Potatoes (maincrop)

Radishes

Raspberries

Rocket

Runner beans

Salad leaves

Shallots

Sorrel

Spinach 

Spring Onions

Strawberries

Summer squashes

Sweetcorn

Tomatoes

Turnips

Watercress

These can grow here, but most of the ones you will find in shops are imported:

Apricots

Artichoke (globe)

Fennel 

Figs

Melon

Nectarines

Okra

Pak choi

Peppers

Peaches

These have to be imported :

Banana

Pineapple (not growing now but still good)

Plantain

Pomegranate

September Growing

Jobs in the garden this month, things for children to grow & do.

September Cooking

Things to cook with children this month.

September Learning

Things to read, learn and have fun with this month.

Buy the book of the month - click the book image below

Want to take this to the next level?

The Little Foodies Club was designed to spread the seasonal fun throughout the year, straight to your letterbox or classroom.

 We have two versions - one for families, sent through the post to the child each month, and one for group settings with resources to use for a whole class.