Your garden doesn't have to take an "off" season. Check out these seed recommendations tailored to your zone range. From winter vegetables to indoor sprouts and microgreens, there is something for everyone to plant this month! These recommendations are for seeds to plant in the month of December. Happy gardening!
Zones 1-7a: These zones experience cold winter weather known to reach freezing temperatures over
an extended period of time. During the month of December, it is best to limit direct sowing to wildflower seeds that will sprout in the spring months. Indoor sowing of microgreens, sprouts, and herbs is
a great way to continue gathering a fresh harvest!
Zones 7b-9a: These zones experience mild winter weather, allowing for some crops to be directly
sown outdoors, including leafy greens, herbs, bunching onions, radishes, cover crops, poppies, sweet peas,
calendula, among others. Don't forget to also grow some sprouts and microgreens indoors!
Zones 9b-12: The warm winter, frost-free zones of 9-12 really thrive during December. This
month is great for planting most vegetables, cover crops, flowers, and herbs outdoors. Enjoy a break from the hot summer temperatures while your plants are not so stressed from the heat.
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Organic Pink Banana Winter Squash is excellent for storing and is ready in 115 days. Recommended by OSU, Mexican Banana Squash produces pink-orange skin with sweet yellow-orange, fine-grained flesh. Plymouth...
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Organic Mizuna Mustard Seeds. 40 days to full maturity. 20 days to maturity for baby leaves. Can be grown in containers. Brassica japonica. Heirloom, Non-GMO, Annual. Can be grown as...
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65 to 75 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Jimmy Nardello (Organic) Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, sweet-type, mild heat levels. 0 to 100 Scoville Heat Units....
Basil Seeds - Lemon (Organic)
60 Days to maturity. Ocimum x africanum. Organic Lemon Basil Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Lemon basil...
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55-58 Days to maturity. Cucumis sativus. Organic Wisconsin SMR-58 Pickling Cucumber Cucumber Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, monoecious, pickling cucumber. Suitable for growing in fields, containers (with support), garden...
Mustard Seeds - Tat Soi - Organic
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Marjoram Seeds (Organic)
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Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Hillbilly (Organic)
85-94 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Organic Hillbilly Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds,...
Tomato Seeds - Paste - Hungarian Paste (Organic)
75-85 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycoperscium. Hungarian Paste (Organic) Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, paste tomato. It produces good yields of top-quality pear-shaped tomatoes that...
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68 Days to maturity. Ocimum basilicum. Organic Red Rubin Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. This basil grows...
Lettuce Seeds - Leaf - Flame (Organic)
45-60 Days to maturity. Lactuca sativa. Organic Flame Lettuce Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, heirloom, open-pollinated. This is a rare and striking looseleaf variety, known for its vibrant, frilled red leaves...
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80-100 Days. Lens culinaris. Cover Crop. Organic. Non-GMO. More than just a food, Organic non-GMO green lentil cover crop seeds are one of the most beneficial garden companions. Secure future...
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80 to 100 days to maturity. Cucurbita pepo. Organic Bush Delicata Winter Squash Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, heirloom, open-pollinated, AAS 2002. This is suitable for growing in fields, garden plots, raised...
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60 days. Heirloom, Non-GMO. Certified Organic. This mix of Detroit Red and Golden Beet seeds will make for a colorful and tasty harvest with all the warm shades of summer....
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