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.
Deer Tongue - Lettuce Seeds
Young Deer Tongue lettuce plant with triangular, light green leaves growing in a garden bed with drip irrigation.
Deer Tongue - Lettuce Seeds
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Contender - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
Hands holding a woven basket filled with freshly harvested green Blue Lake 274 bush beans in a garden.
Contender - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
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Black Nebula - Carrot Seeds
Freshly harvested Black Nebula carrots with deep purple-black skin lying on dark garden soil.
Black Nebula - Carrot Seeds
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Violetta Italia - Cauliflower Seeds
Vibrant purple Violetta Italia cauliflower head surrounded by green leaves on a textured gray background.
Violetta Italia - Cauliflower Seeds
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Morris Heading - Collard Seeds
Freshly harvested Morris Heading collard greens with broad, blue-green leaves resting on a rustic wooden surface.
Morris Heading - Collard Seeds
$3.16 $3.95
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Catskill - Brussels Sprout Seeds
Close-up of a Catskill Brussels sprout stalk with green sprouts and light snow dusting.
Catskill - Brussels Sprout Seeds
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Ronde de Nice - Summer Squash Seeds
Person holding a woven basket filled with pale green, speckled Ronde de Nice summer squash in a garden.
Ronde de Nice - Summer Squash Seeds
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Scarlet - Kale Seeds
Freshly harvested Scarlet kale leaves with frilled green edges and vibrant purple stems on a textured gray surface.
Scarlet - Kale Seeds
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Green Wave - Mustard Greens Seeds
Hands holding a woven basket filled with freshly harvested, frilled Green Wave mustard greens.
Green Wave - Mustard Greens Seeds
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Laxton’s Progress #9 - Organic Shelling Pea Seeds
Hands holding a stainless steel colander filled with freshly harvested Laxton’s Progress #9 shelling pea pods.
Laxton’s Progress #9 - Organic Shelling Pea Seeds
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Umpqua - Broccoli Seeds
Close-up of a vibrant green Umpqua broccoli head growing in a garden with surrounding leaves.
Umpqua - Broccoli Seeds
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Suyo Long - Organic Cucumber Seeds
Two long, slender, and ribbed Suyo Long cucumbers resting on a grey wooden surface.
Suyo Long - Organic Cucumber 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.

Growing a Fall Garden From Seed

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Freshly harvested red radishes with green tops, a cool-season vegetable crop
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