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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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...

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. 

Beet Seeds - Lutz Green Leaf

Beta vulgaris HEIRLOOM. Also called "Winter Keeper," this red-fleshed beet with pale green tops is famous for its sweetness, long-storage quality, and tenderness even when large (up to 6” across!)...

Beet Seeds - Chioggia

Beta vulgaris HEIRLOOM. This Italian specialty, also known as Candystripe or Bull’s Eye, has round red roots with a striking bullseye pattern of white and fuschia rings inside. A festive...

Beet Seeds - Bull's Blood

Beta vulgaris HEIRLOOM. This variety will grace your garden with the deepest purple-red leaves of any beet! The sweet and tender baby greens look great in a salad, and the...

Radicchio Seeds - Rossa Di Verona

Cichorium intybus HEIRLOOM. A fine deep-red, tight-balled radicchio from Verona, Italy. Gourmet quality, perfect for both the home gardener or market grower. Cool weather enhances flavor and deepens color. Direct...

Beet Seeds - Cylindra

Beta vulgaris HEIRLOOM. The best beet for pickles! This heirloom from Denmark is also known as “Butter Slicer” because of its tender, smooth texture. Long, uniform, carrot-like roots make for...