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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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...

Arugula Seeds - Slow Bolt

Eruca sativa Slow Bolt has the same peppery taste you know and love, but adds an extra week or two of harvest to your spring arugula crop. Just when common...

Kale Seeds - Red Russian

Brassica napus HEIRLOOM -From Russia, by way of Canada, with love. With reddish purple petioles and veins, these delicately lobed leaves change from grey to purple as the weather cools....

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...

Snap Pea Seeds - Sugar Ann

Pisum sativum Sugar snap peas are springtime candy, and this very early variety won't make you wait! Sweet 3" pods grow abundantly. Bushy plants do better with some trellis or...

Radish Seeds - Watermelon

Raphanus sativus Can a radish be glamorous? With a magenta heart that blends into white flesh with lime green skin, only a radish this confident and stylish could pull off...

Radish Seeds - Sparkler, ORGANIC

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

Asian Greens Seeds - Bok Choy

Brassica rapa Bok choy, pak choy, pak choi, pok choy -  however you spell it, it makes a great stir fry! This non-heading Chinese cabbage grows in a beautiful vase-shaped...

Beet Seeds - Golden Detroit

Beta vulgaris The beet for people who think they don’t like beets! These vibrant, sunset-yellow roots are extra sweet, tender, and mild-flavored compared to classic dark red beet varieties. One...

Fennel Seeds - Florence

Foeniculum vulgare Licorice-flavored bulb used as a vegetable with leaves, stalks and seeds as a culinary herb. Moderately frost-tolerant. Full sun. Annual.

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...

Spinach Seeds - Noble Giant

Spinacia oleracea HEIRLOOM. A lovely large plant with its arms spread wide, full of giant crumpled leaves. Heavy producer and great for eating raw, as the leaves stay tender even...

Radish Seeds - Daikon, Japanese Minowase

Raphanus sativus HEIRLOOM. Satisfying giant white roots up to 24" long by 3" wide. Sweet, mild flavor and very crispy, with so many uses: good pickled, steamed, stir-fried or raw....

Carrot Seeds - Shin Kuroda

Daucus carota Described as "stump-rooted" for their short but thick roots, this carrot is nonetheless a tender, sweet, deeply orange-colored delight. Performs well in heavier soils, sizes up early, easy...

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. 

Lettuce Seeds - Merveille 4 Seasons

Lactuca sativa   HEIRLOOM  The French do not name their lettuces lightly and this one is, as the name implies, marvelous! A true wonder that holds excellent flavor, even in...

Parsnip Seeds - Hollow Crown

Pastinaca sativa HEIRLOOM. A delicious variety with a tapered root reaching 12" long and 2-3" thick at the shoulders. Exposure to frost adds to sweetness in the fall. Excellent winter...