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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Winter Rye - Cover Crop Seeds
This is rye grain (Secale cereale) - not Ryegrass (Lolium). It is not for over-seeding lawns. Open-pollinated. Annual. Heirloom. Non-GMO Organic winter rye cover crop is one of the most...
Buckwheat - Organic - Cover Crop Seeds
70-90 Days. Fagopyrum esculentum. Organic. Cover Crop. Heirloom. Non-GMO Organic buckwheat seeds grow an ancient foraging crop that, until recently, wasn't grown for much more than livestock fodder. Open-pollinated Organic...
Hard Red Winter Wheat - Organic - Cover Crop Seeds
90 Days. Triticum aestivum. Open-Pollinated. Cover Crop. Organic. Non-GMO Organic hard red winter wheat cover crop seeds are one of the most tolerant and beneficial grows available to home gardeners....
Winter Rye - Organic - Cover Crop Seeds
This is organic rye grain (Secale cereale) - not Ryegrass (Lolium). It is not for over-seeding lawns. Organic. Annual. Heirloom. Non-GMO Organic winter rye cover crop is one of the...
Hard Red Spring Wheat - Organic - Cover Crop Seeds
90 Days. Triticum aestivum. Open-Pollinated. Cover Crop. Organic. Non-GMO Organic Hard Red Spring Wheat cover crop is one of the most tolerant, productive, and beneficial grows available to home gardeners....
Whole Oats (Organic) - Cover Crop Seeds
60 Days. Avena sativa. Oat is a cool weather crop that can withstand light frost but will die back in the winter or at temperatures below 5 to 10°F. This...
Barley - Organic - Cover Crop Seeds
70 Days. Hordeum vulgare. Cover Crop. Organic. Heirloom. Barley is a short-season, early maturing crop grown commercially in both irrigated and in dry land environments. Because this grain adapts well...
Triticale - Organic - Cover Crop Seeds
90 Days. xTriticosecale. Organic. Non-GMO. Open-Pollinated. A robust and highly productive hybrid between wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale), Organic triticale seeds are a tenacious garden cover crop popularly sown overwinter...
Spelt (Organic) - Cover Crop Seeds
Open-Pollinated. Cover Crop. Organic. Non-GMO Organic Spelt Cover Crop Seeds make for a fantastic, hardy and frost tolerant cover crop that competes with early weeds in the spring. Organic Spelt...
Barley Seeds - Belford
70-90 Days to Maturity. Hordeum vulgare. Belford Barley Seeds. Non-GMO, open-pollinated. Annual. Belford is a classic spring-type, six-row, hooded (beardless) barley that has been a trusted choice for home farmers...
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