Spring Direct Seed Varieties

Direct sowing in spring can save you time and energy. So many wonderful crops will flourish if planted outside now! Gather your quick pre-summer harvest of lettuce, spinach, and peas. Steward your plantings of carrots, beets, and radishes. Tend your kale, chard, and culinary herbs. Take full advantage of the cool weather and plant these seeds outside. 

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Carrot Seeds - Tendersweet, ORGANIC

Daucus carota HEIRLOOM. A lucky variety to be so well named! One of the sweetest carrots available, with a tender yet crisp texture, and impressive looks too, with 8- to...

Kale Seeds - Lacinato, ORGANIC

Brassica oleracea ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. The Italian darling of gourmands the world over! Also popular with kids for its nickname: Dinosaur Kale. Dark green, deeply savoyed leaves conjure images of prehistoric...

Lettuce Seeds - Buttercrunch, ORGANIC

Lactuca sativa Buttery, crunchy, chewy leaves with a crisp heart - one of the best all round lettuces deserving of so many adjectives. Heat tolerant and slow to bolt.

Lettuce Seeds - Lettuce Mix, ORGANIC

Lactuca sativa ORGANIC. The perfect cut-and-come-again selection for an instant salad! A wonderful blend of four lettuce varieties including Merveille 4 Seasons, Rouge de Hiver, Red Salad Bowl, and Black...

Cilantro Seeds, ORGANIC

Coriandrum sativum That delicious, distinctive, and irreplaceable herb. Fresh leaves best harvested before flowering. Leaves are cilantro, seeds are coriander. Suitable for growing in containers. Easy to grow by direct...

Arugula Seeds - Arugula, ORGANIC

Eruca sativa Dark green leaves with a distinctive peppery flavor add a fresh, spicy kick to any salad or sandwich and a touch of refinement lightly wilted atop a pizza...

Snap Pea Seeds - Sugar Daddy, ORGANIC

Pisum sativum ORGANIC - Stringless compact snap pea variety that yields heavy crops. 24-30" vines are long producing. Pods are concentrated at the top of the plant for easy harvest....

Dill Seeds, Bouquet, ORGANIC

Anethum graveolens Dwarf variety only grows 3' high. Very aromatic and produces lots of flavorful leaves and seeds. Great companion to most plants and foods. Easy-to-grow. Direct seed in spring...

Lettuce Seeds - Parris Island Romaine, Organic

Lactuca sativa ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. A well-rounded romaine variety from the coast of South Carolina. Very consistent and uniform production for heads or baby leaf. Crunchy and lightly savoyed leaves resist...

Beet Seeds - Detroit Dark Red, ORGANIC

Beta vulgaris ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. Our most popular beet! A consistent producer for canning, juicing, pickling, or roasting, with uniform, 3-inch burgundy roots and bright green leaves. This old reliable heirloom...

Lettuce Seeds - Herb Salad Mix, ORGANIC

Lactuca sativa ORGANIC Herald spring with a tasty mix of Black Seeded Simpson, Red Salad Bowl, Mervielle 4 Seasons and Rouge de Hiver lettuces, Tatsoi, Mizuna, Cilantro, Dill and Arugula....

Turnip Seeds - Purple Top White Globe, ORGANIC

Brassica rapa ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. A favorite garden variety. Purple skin peeks out above the soil, white skin below. Large roots taste mildly sweet and fine grained. Good greens for eating...

Carrot Seeds - Danvers 126, ORGANIC

Daucus carota HEIRLOOM. Widely adapted, productive and heat-tolerant, with tapered roots that grow well even in heavy clay soils. Produces 6- to 7-inch-long, crunchy and flavorful, dark orange roots. Danvers...

Lettuce Seeds - Jericho, ORGANIC

Lactuca sativa ORGANIC. Bred to withstand the desert climate of Palestine, this upright romaine stays refreshingly sweet and crisp in the heat, and is very resistant to tip burn. A...

Snow Pea Seeds - Mammoth Melting Sugar, Organic

Pisum sativum ORGANIC. Oh, why say anything else with a name as wonderful as that? Early, high yielder of sweet, tender 4-5" snow peas. Trellis 4-5' vines for maximum production.

Carrot Seeds - Scarlet Nantes, ORGANIC

Daucus carota HEIRLOOM. This classy and refined French heirloom is known for its cylindrical, blunt-tipped shape, as well as its fine-grained, nearly coreless texture and mild, sweet flavor. It has...

Lettuce Seeds - Black Seeded Simpson, ORGANIC

Lactuca sativa HEIRLOOM. ORGANIC. An old dependable friend for many growers. Deeply savoyed, light green leaves arrive very early and tolerate a range of growing conditions. Slow to bolt.

Carrot Seeds - Little Finger, ORGANIC

Daucus carota These mighty little carrots are both adorable and delicious! Very sweet, bright orange 3- to 4-inch cylindrical roots have smooth skin and a very small core. Great for...

Radish Seeds - Sparkler, ORGANIC

Raphanus sativus ORGANIC. Crisp and snappy-flavored with round, red-skinned roots and juicy white flesh. Good yields.

Parsley Seeds - Forest Green, ORGANIC

Petroselinum crispum ORGANIC. Finely cut, deeply crinkled and curled dark green leaves that do not fade yellow in summer. Vigorous growing 12" plants. Slow germinating seeds benefit from pre-soaking overnight...

Collard Seeds - Champion, ORGANIC

Brassica oleracea ORGANIC. This Vates-type collard with dark blue-green foliage was selected for increased bolt resistance, giving you a longer harvest window in summer. It’s still very winter-hardy too! This...

Swiss Chard Seeds - Ruby Red, ORGANIC

Beta vulgaris ORGANIC. HEIRLOOM. A beautiful addition to any garden often grown for its ornamental qualities alone! Foliage is dark-green on ruby red stalks. 18-24" plant. 

Purslane Seeds, Golden, ORGANIC

Portulaca oleracia While technically an herb, we eat Purslane as the powerhouse vegetable it is! A favorite of wild plant foragers, this delightful bright yellow-green succulent contains more omega-3 fatty...

Lettuce Seeds - Red Salad Bowl, ORGANIC

Lactuca sativa Garnet-colored lobed leaf lettuce gives a visual counter-point to green lettuces in the garden and on the plate. Tasty and ornamental. Slow to bolt.