These cultimated fruits and vegetables grow in the Valley in the greatest abundance between May and September. Look for the fruit, corn and tomatoes earlier in the season and heat-tolerant vegetables and herbs throughout the summer.
For hints and recipe links, see Stone Fruit, Figs, Corn and Tomatoes.
Wild/foraged foods in season during the summer include:
-
Desert Gooseberry
- Desert Hackberry
- Ironwood flowers and pods
- Mesquite pods
- Mushrooms
- Prickly pear pads and fruit
- Quelites
- Saguaro fruit




























