Many heirloom vegetables are very well suited to cool season gardens or Fall and Winter gardens. The time to plan your Fall garden is in early July, as the planting takes place late July through August. Most varieties are planted from 8-10 weeks prior to the first frost date. For a great guide from Dave's Garden on first and last frost dates across the USA by zip codes, click the link. Insert your zip code, click "Go" and you'll see the frost dates by percentages- very informative on planning both your Spring and Fall gardens!
Confused as to the timing, planning and planting for a Fall and Winter Garden, especially in your area? We've written an article that walks you through the details. See Ready to Start Your Fall Garden? for the full story.
The following books, tools and seeds have been selected to get you the best results in your Fall and Winter garden. The heirloom seed varieties will all do well in cooler seasons, giving you a sweeter and richer flavor than most people experience from the traditional Spring and Summer gardens. Cool season crops are centered around the cooking and salad greens, as well as all of the root crops, as these disappear once cooler weather sets in.
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Rocket Arugula is also known as "rocket salad" or "roquette". Popular in Italian cuisine and grown as an aromatic salad green in Europe for many years, ancient Romans were also known to have eaten its' leaves and used the seeds for flavoring oils.
It is currently enjoying resurgence as a popular salad green as all of the plant is edible with a long harvest season. A great cut and come again plant, also used with other herbs such as sorrel and garlic in soups and stews.
55-60 days
Approx 300 seeds per pack
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Wild Italian Arugula has a more intricate flavor than regular Arugula: tantalizingly complex - sweet, nutty, tangy and peppery. Deep green, finely cut leaves display spicy, edible flowers.
For best flavor, pick leaves when 4"-5" long and plant is no more than 8"-10" high. So tasty that it's addictive. Grow spring or fall.
Certified Organic
55-60 days
Approx 300 seeds per pack
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Bull's Blood Beet is an exceptional dual-purpose heirloom. There is very little green color anywhere on this plant. Harvest baby greens at 35 days or so. Later, as they mature, Bull's Blood greens turn dark burgundy and develop a rich flavor. These offer the drama of radicchio without its bitterness.
35 days for baby leaf tops; 55 days for edible roots.
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Approx 150 seeds per pack.
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The Italian Chioggia Beet is a pre-1840 Italian heirloom variety from the Chioggia region of northeast Italy. Candy red exteriors and beautifully marked interiors of alternating white and cherry-red rings. Exceptional sweetness and long harvest.
Noted as one of the earliest producers every year. Tender, mild, sweet greens as well.
35 days for baby leaf tops; 55 days for edible roots.
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Approx 150 seeds per pack.
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Nai Pe Tsai Baby Bok Choy is a baby type that is fast-growing, with vigorous, 7"-8" plants of deep-green leaves, succulent and crunchy with a mild, mustardy flavor. One of the most used vegetables in various Oriental dishes due to its excellent flavor, texture and size.
Harvested young, the plants can be cooked whole or halved. Even older stalks are tender enough to eat raw or lightly cooked - stir-fried, steamed, sauteed or in salads. Suitable for spring, summer and fall planting.
45 days
Approx 200 seeds per pack
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The Little Finger Carrot is a baby gourmet carrot with a sweet flavor and delicious crunch. Slender, 3"-3.5" roots, very small core, smooth skin, deep orange color and full carrot taste.
Color develops quickly, can and should be pulled early. Developed in France for using whole.
50-70 days
Approx 500 seeds per pack
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Bambina Carrot is a baby carrot variety with slender, cylindrical blunt roots and a very small core. Very sweet tasting with smooth skin and crisp texture, this high yielding variety has a deep orange color that develops early.
Perfect for container growing and very adaptable to a variety of soils; they are excellent for both early and succession sowing.
60 days
Approx 500 seeds per pack
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The Red Cored Chantenay Carrot was introduced from French seed company Vilmorin-Andrieux in the late 1800s. This crisp, tender, sweet, and crunchy carrot is large bodied, deep red-orange to center. Fine grained smooth refined shape with wide shoulders great for bunching. Sweetens in storage.
For table use, canning, juicing, freezing or root cellaring. Heavy producer, even in heavy soils.
60-75 days
Approx 500 seeds per pack
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Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard is a 1750s heirloom. Introduced commercially in 1934 by W. Atlee Burpee & Co. Broad dark green heavily crumpled leaves 24-28" tall with white veins and thick 2 1/2" wide stalks. Abundant producer all season, even after light frosts. Excellent for greens, was also used for poultry feed.
50-60 days.
Approx 100 seeds per pack
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Lettuce leaf chard is a smooth green leaf with a small white rib and is also called butter chard by Elliot Coleman.
Certified Organic.
55-60 Days.
Approx 100 seeds per pack
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Swiss Chard or Spinach - Beet Greens have large soft, green leaves on bushy, 2.5 ft. plants. Pick outer leaves to get a constant supply of tasty greens from May - fall. Good raw in salads, cooked like spinach - or stir-fried with stems. This warm weather spinach substitute withstands heat, producing well until heavy frost.
60 Days
Approx 100 seeds per pack
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Bloomsdale Spinach, known also as Long Standing, was introduced by the D. Landreth Seed Company in 1826, and is the most popular home gardener spinach sold. Early, glossy dark green, savoyed leaves are exceptionally tender and richly flavorful.
Can be sown in spring or fall, plants are vigorous, upright and slow to bolt in hot weather.
39-60 days
Approx 50 seeds per pack
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Uncommon, old European variety. Red Russian Kale is quite different from either of the more common curly and Tuscan varieties. The base color is a blue-green with brighter purple accents, and the leaves are flatter than other types, with long, frilled edges.
Rich in taste steamed, stir-fried or fresh in salads. Cold hardy, it can be picked continually until early winter. Does best in cool weather, excellent for a Fall and Winter garden crop.
55 days
Approx 200 seeds per pack
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Open kale from 18th century Tuscany. Lacinato Kale has strap like blue-green leaves that are heavily savoyed 3 in wide x 10 in long.
Flavor is enhanced by frost, extremely winter hardy. Best eaten when small and tender, this is packed with nutrients. Kale is one of the standard fall/winter garden crops.
60-90 days
Approx 200 seeds per pack
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Vates Blue Curled Kale is a Scotch type that is slow bolting with finely curled crunchy sweet blue-green leaves. Low growing variety with short stems, 12-16 in tall with 24 in heads.
Very hardy in heat and cold. Sow early spring or mid summer, long production times give continual harvests of delicious, tasty leaves.
50-80 days
Approx 200 seeds per pack
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Oak Leaf Lettuce was first introduced in 1771 by Vilmorin. Firm rosettes of tender, sweet, light-green, deeply lobed leaves. As outer leaves are picked, plants produce more inner leaves.
Keeps quality late into summer, resists heat and bolting. An old standby with good reason. Ornamental, too.
For the longest shelf life, harvest greens late in the day.
38-60 days
Approx 300 seeds per pack
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Japanese Minowase Radish or Daikon is an early pure-white tender roots are 3 in. in diameter and to 1 or 2 ft. long. Sweet, white crispy flesh with a unique flavor. Fresh favorite in Chinatown markets. Sow in summer or fall. Also used to reclaim and build soils.
45-58 Days
Approx 300 seeds per pack
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Terroir Seeds Gourmet Radish Blend is a mix of at least 11 old-fashioned varieties including reds, pinks, whites, bicolors and blacks, in both round and long shapes. Early and late maturing varieties spread the harvest over many weeks. Plant spring and fall.
25-35 Days
Approx. 300 seeds per pack
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Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled Cress is quick-growing, with broad leaves that are extremely wrinkled and ruffled along the edges and savoyed in the middle, giving lots of extra leaf to enjoy.
A fluffy, spicy addition to any salad or sandwich. After the spicy tang, there is a sweetness that lingers on the tongue. Excellent for bunching for fresh market sales. Irresistible to nibble on in the garden and kitchen.
30 days
Approx 150 seeds per pack
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