tui
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feijoas.it's feijoa season. hooray! I love them. 
They have a limited season but there are usually heaps around.People who have trees get loads more than they need. They are more special because they are only available for a short time. A bit like asparagus. Although that seems to have an extended season these days.
Anyone one else have a favourite fruit or vegetable that is seasonal?
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smallholder
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I have never heard of feijoas Tui!
These days so many fruit and veg are available all year that I think eating seasonally is a lost art unless you grow your own.
In particular I always look forward to our asparagus on the smallholding which are wonderful from the end of April to end of May/beginning of June. I also love our cherries at the end of June if I can protect enough before the birds get there! Then in the autumn I look forward to picking the walnuts and saving them for xmas- again not many as the birds get them too!
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magpie nic
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I haven't heard of those either- sound interesting.
My fave seasonal fruit is pomegranate- used to signal the start of Autumn for me, but I noticed them in Asda the other day which just seems wrong!
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gorgeous51
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I really love English strawberries. The season is relatively short but the taste is fantastic.
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tui
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i love strawberries as well. I have never had pomegranites. I have seen them for sale but they are horrendously expensive here as they are imported. i try to eat local in season fruit as it tastes better. Fruit that has been transported across the world is often disappointing.
Smallholder, I am surprised the birds get the walnuts. I would have thought the shell would protect them, or do they eat them before they get big?
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smallholder
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It s the Crows and Rooks that get them. They drop them from a height to crack the shells and then dig into them with their powerful beaks. Grrrrr!
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Louiw
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What do you do with it Tui? Do you eat it raw? What does it taste like? I've never heard of them either!!
I love white flesh peaches but I think they're imported........mind you, I love nectarines on warm days too!!
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tui
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They taste like themselves! no other fruit to compare. they are quite tart and best eaten raw. cut it in half and dig it out with a spoon. I just got 2 boxes full from mum's trees so I will freeze some.
They originated in South America but care common here as they are so easy to grow and prolific fruiters.
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JD1970
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Peas - there's nothing like pooping them open and munching them straight from the plant.
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squiggle7
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I've never heard of them either.
I really like strawberries too and have my very first homegrown one just ripe and ready to eat. I'm looking forward to it 
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tui
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fresh strawberries are wonderful straight from the garden.
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