Fruits and vegetables in season by month: February - LifeGate (2024)

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Cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts and collard greens) as well as many root vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots and onions). Citrus fruit is also in season in February (oranges, tangerines, blood oranges). Winter squashes like butternut and acorn are also in season.

Cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts and collard greens) as well as many root vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots and onions). Citrus fruit is also in season in February (oranges, tangerines, blood oranges). Winter squashes like butternut and acorn are also in season.

During the month of February, get your fill of the ruby reds, marsh, pomelo, and oroblanco because it is National Grapefruit Month! These citrus fruits range from white to red and sweet to tart but add a brightness to the tongue that will make anyone perk up.

Climatologists usually use full months to represent the seasons. Winter is considered December, January and February; spring is March through May; summer is June through August; and fall or autumn is September through November.

What's in season in December? Check out our seasonal December Produce Guide and recipes for lemons, mushrooms, beets, butternut squash, collards, kale, and cauliflower. Elise founded Simply Recipes in 2003 and led the site until 2019. She has an MA in Food Research from Stanford University.

Wax-tipped pears such as Passe Crassane (France) and Decana (Italy) also available. Other fruits for February include lychees, pomegranates and mangoes. Wild mushrooms tend to be from Portugal at this time of year. Chanterelle, girolle and Pied de Mouton are in season.

What's in season in January? Check out our seasonal January produce guide and recipes for recipes for lemons, oranges, grapefruit, beets, turnips, parsnips, celery root, cabbage, kale, collards, broccoli, cauliflower, butternut squash, and acorn squash.

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Of course, February is the month of Valentine's Day and the federal holiday Presidents' Day, and it's when we honor Black History Month too.

The coldest monthly period would be generally between mid December to mid January, but, even then in especially coastal areas truly cold weather is almost unknown in California, as the average January low in San Francisco is 47° and sub freezing values is something that may not occur for decades.

Winter fruit and vegetable varieties include apples, pears, citrus fruits, kiwi, grapes, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and potatoes. These produce items are grown during the colder months of fall and winter.

Vegetables. Chit early seed potato tubers as soon as you have them. From mid-February onwards sow tomato, chilli, cucumber and aubergine seed for greenhouse growing. Plant out garlic and shallots in light soils only; heavy soils need longer to warm up.