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.
Red Core Chantenay - Organic Carrot Seeds
Hand holding a fresh bunch of harvested Red Core Chantenay carrots with green tops over dark soil.
Red Core Chantenay - Organic Carrot Seeds
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Rainbow Mix - Carrot Seeds
Freshly harvested Rainbow Mix carrots in shades of purple, red, orange, and yellow lying on dark garden soil.
Rainbow Mix - Carrot Seeds
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Red Express - Cabbage Seeds
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Red Express - Cabbage Seeds
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Royalty Purple Pod - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
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Golden Wax - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
A pile of fresh, bright yellow Golden Wax bush bean pods resting on a dark, polished marble surface.
Golden Wax - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
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Solar Yellow - Carrot Seeds
A bunch of freshly harvested Solar Yellow carrots with bright yellow roots and green tops lying on dark garden soil.
Solar Yellow - Carrot Seeds
$3.96 $4.95
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Red Russian - Organic Kale Seeds
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Red Russian - Organic Kale Seeds
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Purple Dark Opal - Organic Basil Seeds
Top-down view of vibrant deep purple Dark Opal basil leaves growing in garden soil.
Purple Dark Opal - Organic Basil Seeds
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Ruby Red - Organic Swiss Chard Seeds
Hands holding a fresh harvest of Ruby Red Swiss chard with deep green leaves and vivid crimson stems.
Ruby Red - Organic Swiss Chard Seeds
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Oregon Sugar Pod II - Organic Snow Pea Seeds
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Oregon Sugar Pod II - Organic Snow Pea Seeds
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Pink Beauty - Radish Seeds
Freshly harvested Pink Beauty radishes with bright pink roots and green leafy tops on a grey wooden surface.
Pink Beauty - Radish Seeds
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Sugar Snap - Pea Seeds
Freshly harvested Sugar Snap pea pods in a round, woven seagrass basket held by a person.
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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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