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.
Lollo Rossa - Organic Lettuce Seeds
Fresh Lollo Rossa lettuce leaves with frilled burgundy edges in a white bowl on a gray surface.
Lollo Rossa - Organic Lettuce Seeds
$4.95
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Late Flat Dutch - Cabbage Seeds
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Late Flat Dutch - Cabbage Seeds
$3.95
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French Breakfast - Organic Radish Seeds
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French Breakfast - Organic Radish Seeds
$5.95
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Lemon - Cucumber Seeds
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Lemon - Cucumber Seeds
$3.95
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Straight Eight - Organic Cucumber Seeds
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Straight Eight - Organic Cucumber Seeds
$4.95
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Rainbow Mix - Organic Swiss Chard Seeds
Rainbow Mix Swiss chard leaves with vibrant red, yellow, and orange stems.
Rainbow Mix - Organic Swiss Chard Seeds
$5.35
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Pak Choi White Stem - Organic Cabbage Seeds
Fresh Pak Choi White Stem heads with crisp white stalks and green leaves arranged on a dark wooden surface.
Pak Choi White Stem - Organic Cabbage Seeds
$4.95
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Bushy - Organic Cucumber Seeds
Two fresh, bumpy green Bushy cucumbers resting on a textured gray surface against a white background.
Bushy - Organic Cucumber Seeds
$4.95
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Mammoth Melting Sugar - Organic Snow Pea Seeds
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Mammoth Melting Sugar - Organic Snow Pea Seeds
$5.95
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Blue Curled Scotch - Organic Kale Seeds
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Blue Curled Scotch - Organic Kale Seeds
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Jade - Bush Bean Seeds
A woven wicker basket held in hands, filled with a fresh harvest of long, slender green Jade bush beans.
Jade - Bush Bean Seeds
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Golden Detroit - Beet Seeds
Bright golden-yellow slices of Golden Detroit beets arranged on a dark, textured wooden surface.
Golden Detroit - Beet 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.
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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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Freshly harvested red radishes with green tops, a cool-season vegetable crop
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