Summer 2023 | What's in Season

What’s In Season

Ripe and ready produce growing in Reno-Tahoe.

illustration by Denise Klitsie

July
Beets, chard, cucumbers, dill, fennel, garlic, garlic chives, green onions, leeks, mint, onions, oregano, parsley, potatoes (new), rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme, and turnips

August
Basil, blackberries, bulb onions, bush and pole beans, corn (sweet), dill, eggplants, garlic chives, grapes (table), ground cherries, hearts of gold melons, lavender, marjoram, mint, oregano, peaches, pears, peppers, plums, raspberries, rosemary, sage, summer savory, summer squash, tarragon, thyme, tomatillos, tomatoes, watermelons, and zucchinis

About the artist: Denise Klitsie
Klitsie is a painter and illustrator working from her home studio in Gardnerville. Primarily a painter, she is highly influenced by the Bay Area figurative movement. She has been doing editorial illustration (mostly digital) for a little more than a decade and is currently developing a new direction for her illustration portfolio, getting back to an analog approach. You can find more of her work at Deniseklitsiepainter on Instagram.


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