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.
Spring Raab - Broccoli Seeds
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Spring Raab - Broccoli Seeds
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Cherry Belle - Organic Radish Seeds
Cherry Belle - Organic Radish Seeds
Cherry Belle - Organic Radish Seeds
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Parisian Pickling - Cucumber Seeds
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Parisian Pickling - Cucumber Seeds
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Bull's Blood - Beet Seeds
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Chioggia - Organic Beet Seeds
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Thai - Organic Basil Seeds
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Thai - Organic Basil Seeds
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Lemon - Organic Basil Seeds
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Lemon - Organic Basil Seeds
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Marvel of Four Seasons - Organic Lettuce Seeds
Marvel of Four Seasons - Organic Lettuce Seeds
Marvel of Four Seasons - Organic Lettuce Seeds
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Early Golden Crookneck - Organic Summer Squash Seeds
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Early Golden Crookneck - Organic Summer Squash Seeds
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Watermelon - Radish Seeds
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Watermelon - Radish Seeds
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Georgia Southern - Collard Seeds
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Georgia Southern - Collard Seeds
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Red Core Chantenay - Organic Carrot Seeds
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Red Core Chantenay - Organic Carrot 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.
Salad Garden Seeds

Salad Garden Seeds

Tender greens, crisp roots, and fresh ingredients for salads harvested from late summer into fall.
Beginner Garden Seeds

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.