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.
Spacemaster 80 - Organic Cucumber Seeds
Fresh Spacemaster 80 cucumbers in a white metal colander on a rustic wooden table.
Spacemaster 80 - Organic Cucumber Seeds
$4.95
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Freckles - Organic Lettuce Seeds
Young Freckles lettuce plant with apple-green leaves speckled in burgundy-red growing in dark soil.
Freckles - Organic Lettuce Seeds
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Little Fingers - Organic Carrot Seeds
Freshly harvested Little Fingers carrots with green tops laid out on a wire drying rack.
Little Fingers - Organic Carrot Seeds
$4.95
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Red Giant - Organic Mustard Green Seeds
Red Giant mustard greens with broad, savoyed leaves in shades of burgundy and green growing in a garden bed.
Red Giant - Organic Mustard Green Seeds
$5.95
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New Zealand - Spinach Seeds
Vibrant green, thick leaves of a New Zealand spinach plant growing in dark garden soil.
New Zealand - Spinach Seeds
$4.35
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Striped Armenian - Organic Cucumber Seeds
Child holding a long, curved Striped Armenian cucumber with pale and dark green stripes in a garden.
Striped Armenian - Organic Cucumber Seeds
$4.95
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Tokyo Long White Bunching - Organic Onion Seeds
Three Tokyo Long White bunching onions with long green stalks and white bases lying on a rustic wooden surface.
Tokyo Long White Bunching - Organic Onion Seeds
$5.95
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Paris Market - Carrot Seeds
A hand holding a freshly harvested bunch of round, orange Paris Market carrots with green tops.
Paris Market - Carrot Seeds
$3.95
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Cinnamon - Organic Basil Seeds
Cinnamon basil plant with vibrant green leaves and dark purple stems growing in garden soil.
Cinnamon - Organic Basil Seeds
$4.99
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Kapoor Tulsi (Holy Basil) - Organic Basil Seeds
Lush Holy (Tulsi) basil plant with green serrated leaves growing in garden soil.
Kapoor Tulsi (Holy Basil) - Organic Basil Seeds
$6.49
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A & C Pickling - Organic Cucumber Seeds
Hands holding a harvest of fresh, green A & C Pickling cucumbers in a garden with a chicken nearby.
A & C Pickling - Organic Cucumber Seeds
$5.95
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Early White Bush Scallop - Summer Squash Seeds
Three pale, scalloped Early White Bush Scallop squash resting on a rustic wooden surface.
Early White Bush Scallop - Summer Squash 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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