Winter vegetables like broccoli, kale, turnips, and beets have arrived, and for a few weeks will overlap with summer produce like sweet peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, and okra. Johnson’s Backyard Garden will be bringing autumn strawberries to all the markets until the first frost. Find out where you can buy the few remaining summer melons and the first pea shoots of the season in Friday’s “Farmers’ Market Report” on our Food blog (austinchronicle.com/blogs/food/farmers-market-report).

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Kate Thornberry worked in renowned Austin restaurants for 30 years while pursuing a reasonably successful career in music. She began contributing to the Chronicle in 1988 and became a regular contributor to the food section in 2006.