Summer Planting for Fall Harvest

Summer is not the end of planting season. As early crops fade and garden space opens, a second round of seeds can carry fresh food, herbs, and flowers into cooler days. This collection gathers open-pollinated varieties suited to late-summer sowing and fall harvests.

Choose seed options for quick greens, crisp roots, cool-season vegetables, hardy herbs, and late color in the garden. Lettuce, arugula, mustard greens, radishes, turnips, kale, bunching onions, herbs, and select flowers help make the most of the season before frost.
Blue Lake 274 - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
Freshly harvested Blue Lake 274 bush beans in a round woven basket on a grey wooden surface.
Blue Lake 274 - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
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Jericho - Organic Lettuce Seeds
Hands holding a freshly harvested head of bright green Jericho romaine lettuce with crisp leaves.
Jericho - Organic Lettuce Seeds
$5.65
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Early Prolific Straightneck - Organic Summer Squash Seeds
Two Early Prolific Straightneck summer squash in a woven basket on a wooden board.
Early Prolific Straightneck - Organic Summer Squash Seeds
$5.99
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Little Gem - Organic Lettuce Seeds
Three fresh Little Gem lettuce heads with crisp green leaves arranged on a rustic dark wooden surface.
Little Gem - Organic Lettuce Seeds
$4.95
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De Cicco - Organic Broccoli Seeds
Close-up of a De Cicco broccoli head with textured green florets surrounded by large, pale green leaves in a garden.
De Cicco - Organic Broccoli Seeds
$5.65
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Tom Thumb - Lettuce Seeds
Hands holding a freshly harvested, compact head of bright green Tom Thumb butterhead lettuce.
Tom Thumb - Lettuce Seeds
$4.95
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Iceberg - Lettuce Seeds
Fresh, ruffled green leaves of Iceberg lettuce resting on a rustic dark wooden surface.
Iceberg - Lettuce Seeds
$3.96 $4.95
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Cocozelle Zucchini - Organic Summer Squash Seeds
Two Cocozelle zucchini with light green stripes resting on a white decorative colander atop a wooden board.
Cocozelle Zucchini - Organic Summer Squash Seeds
$5.99
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Sugar Ann - Dwarf Snap Pea Seeds
A pile of fresh, dew-covered Sugar Ann snap pea pods resting on a rustic wooden surface.
Sugar Ann - Dwarf Snap Pea Seeds
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Roquette - Organic Arugula Seeds
Five fresh, green Roquette arugula leaves with serrated edges laid out on a dark, rustic wooden surface.
Roquette - Organic Arugula Seeds
$4.95
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Easter Egg - Radish Seeds
Hands holding a fresh harvest of colorful Easter Egg radishes in shades of red, purple, and white with green leafy tops.
Easter Egg - Radish Seeds
$4.95
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Purple Top White Globe - Organic Turnip Seeds
Three freshly harvested Purple Top White Globe turnips with purple shoulders and white roots lying on dark soil.
Purple Top White Globe - Organic Turnip Seeds
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Planning a Summer Garden for Fall Harvest

A second planting can turn cleared summer beds into another useful harvest. Begin with quick-growing crops that can mature before frost, along with varieties that perform well as temperatures begin to cool.

Count backward from your average first fall frost and make sure each crop has enough time to mature before cold weather arrives. With enough warm weather remaining, radishes, leafy greens, bush beans, cucumbers, summer squash, basil, and dill can make good use of open space.

Keep newly sown beds evenly moist during hot weather, and provide temporary shade when needed. Plant lettuce, spinach, kale, carrots, beets, turnips, cilantro, rutabagas, and other cool-season crops early enough to become established and mature as the days grow cooler.

Keep the Garden Growing

Culinary Herb Garden Seeds

Culinary Herb Garden Seeds

Fresh herbs for pots, planters, window boxes and harvesting close to the kitchen.
Marvel of Four Seasons butterhead lettuce growing in garden soil with bronze-red and green leaves covered in dew.

Salad Garden Seeds

Tender greens, crisp roots, and fresh ingredients for salads harvested from late summer into fall.
Hands holding a harvest of fresh, green A & C Pickling cucumbers in a garden with a chicken nearby.

Beginner Garden Seeds

Dependable vegetables, herbs and flowers chosen for an approachable and rewarding start.

Summer Planting Questions

Find your average first fall frost date and count backward using the variety’s days to maturity. Add another 7–14 days because plants usually grow more slowly as daylight shortens later in the season.

Good choices include bush beans, cucumbers, summer squash, lettuce, spinach, arugula, kale, mustard greens, carrots, beets, radishes, turnips, cilantro, dill, parsley, basil, and quick-growing flowers. The best choices depend on how much warm weather remains before frost.

Water the soil before sowing and keep the upper layer consistently moist until seedlings emerge. Temporary shade cloth, lightweight row cover, or a thin layer of mulch can reduce evaporation during hot weather. Remove solid coverings as soon as seedlings begin to appear.

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