Spring is fast approaching! If you live in the mild winter areas of zones 8 and 9a, these February recommendations are for you! These zones typically experience some days with freezing temperatures, but are warm enough to grow cool-season crops.
Outdoors
Plant Seeds (weather permitting): Spinach, corn salad, arugula, lettuce, Asian greens, mustard, kale, collard, Swiss chard, radish, turnip, kohlrabi, bunching onion, cilantro, dill, parsley, peas, parsnip, carrots, and beets.
Transplant from indoors or buy starts: Onion starts or onion sets and leeks.
Cover crops: Still time for a spring cover crop where you don't plan to plant early vegetables or flowers. Rye, crimson clover, hairy vetch, Austrian field peas. Rye + vetch is a reliable mix.
Flowers for cuts: Sweet peas, calendula, poppies, bachelor’s button—best with a low tunnel in colder pockets.
Indoors
Sprouts, Microgreens, and Herbs: Microgreens and sprouts are great for gathering a harvest in a matter of days. Plus, they are incredibly nutrient-dense. Start hardy herbs and greens for plug-sized transplants to set out during mild spells.
Starts to begin now (under lights): Vegetables and herbs including cool crops like lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kohlrabi, celery, parsley, thyme, oregano, sage, chives, artichoke, and fennel. Peppers are warm-season crops that can also be started indoors in February. Flowers to start now include marigolds, stock, snapdragon, calendula, and zinnias.
Tip: A simple low tunnel or cold frame can add 5–10°F of protection and keep soil active for steady winter harvests.
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Pepper Seeds - Hot - Bhut Jolokia Ghost
120-129 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum chinense. Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, deer resistant, heat tolerant, drought tolerant, hot pepper with extremely hot heat levels....
Lettuce Seeds - Leaf - Oakleaf
Non-GMO Oakleaf lettuce is ready 55-65 days. Utah State University recommends this lettuce strain. The Oakleaf can tolerate colder temperatures. The leaves of the Oakleaf have a mildly sweet flavor,...
Bean Seeds - Bush - Royal Burgundy
50-65 Days to maturity. Phaseolus vulgaris. Royal Burgundy Bush Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, high-yielding, bush, snap bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses....
Bean Seeds - Bush - Blue Lake (Organic)
50-65 Days to maturity. Phaseolus vulgaris. Organic Blue Lake Bush Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom snap bush bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses....
Lettuce Seeds - Leaf - Grand Rapids
50-60 days. These non-GMO Grand Rapids lettuce seeds grow into large green leaves that are resistant to tip burn. Grand Rapids Lettuce is ready to harvest in 55 days. The...
Tomato Seeds - Cherry - Gold Nugget
60 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycoperscium. Gold Nugget Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, determinate, cherry tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Resistant...
Onion Seeds - Bunching - Evergreen White Nebuka
65-120 Days to maturity. Allium fistulosum. Evergreen White Nebuka Onion Seeds. Non-GMO, perennial, open-pollinated, heirloom, cold tolerant, bunching onion. Suitable for growing in greenhouses, garden plots, raised beds, and containers....
Gourds Seeds - Birdhouse
110+ days. Fun, easy to grow plants yield gourds that can be made into attractive hanging birdhouses or dippers. Allow fruit to mature on vine as long as possible. Approximately...
Pepper Seeds - Hot - Tabasco
75-90 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum frutescens. Tabasco Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, high-yielding, deer resistant, heat tolerant, drought tolerant, hot pepper hot heat levels. 30,000 to 50,000...
Pepper Seeds - Hot - Big Jim
70-100 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Big Jim Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, high yielding, deer resistant, heat tolerant, drought tolerant, hot pepper with medium heat...
Lettuce Seeds - Super Red Romaine
Lactuca sativa (40 days) Super Red Romaine Lettuce has long crunchy spoon shaped leaves that start green and turn to an intense red. Very intense colored romaine that is highly...
Mixed Greens Seeds - Mesclun Mix - Organic
A succulent blend of gourmet greens that will satisfy your pallet and is extremely healthy. This mesclun blend is the type normally served in fine restaurants, but you can grow...
Celery Seeds - Tendercrisp
90-105 days. Non-GMO. Open-pollinated. Tendercrisp Celery Seeds from True Leaf Market grow a compact celery head with 12" dark green stalks. The entire Tendercrisp celery plant reaches about 26" tall...
Arugula Seeds - Astro
40-60 days to maturity. Eruca sativa. Astro Arugula Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Slightly lobed, medium green leaves...
Corn Seeds - Flour - Painted Mountain (Organic)
90 Days to maturity. Zea mays. Painted Mountain Organic Corn Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, certified organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, Flour Corn. Suitable for growing in garden plots or raised beds....
Onion Seeds - Short - Red Grano
112 Days to maturity. Allium cepa. Red Grano Onion Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, cold tolerant, bulbing, short-day onion. Suitable for growing in greenhouses, garden plots, raised beds, and containers....
Bean Seeds - Pole - Scarlet Runner
50-75 Days to maturity. Phaseolus coccineus. Scarlet Runner Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, high-yielding, AAS Winner, drought tolerant, high-yielding, pole, snap string bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden...
Conventional Heirloom Basic Garden - 15 Pack
This assortment of garden seeds takes the hassle out of planning a garden. Each professionally packaged pack of seeds is filled with plenty of high-germination, current crop year vegetable garden...
Pumpkin Seeds - Dills Atlantic Giant
120 days. Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Seeds. Cucurbita maxima. Open Pollinated. Non-GMO. Whether growing a pumpkin worthy of the county fair or looking to create enormous jack-o-lanterns for fall, Dill's...
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Marglobe
72 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycoperscium. Marglobe Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, determinate, drought tolerant, heat tolerant, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds,...
Cucumber Seeds - Pickling - Bush Pickle
50 Days to maturity. Cucumis sativus. Bush Pickle Cucumber Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, monoecious, pickling cucumber. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses (with...
Collards Seeds - Morris Heading
75-85 days. Morris Heading Collard seeds grow slightly crumpled and loose heads. These compact Collard plants have short steamed leaves, and are tolerant to both the heat and the cold....
Squash Seeds - Winter - Delicata
Non-GMO Delicata Winter squash is ready in 100 days. This is one of the tastier winter vine squashes with creamy flesh tastes like sweet potatoes. This is where the other...
Pumpkin Seeds - Cinderella (Organic)
This is the pumpkin to grow if you want a fairytale ending. Also called Rouge Vif D"Etampe, this is the pumpkin drawn in Disney's Cinderella. Non- GMO Organic Cinderella Pumpkin...
Radish Seeds - French Breakfast
Heirloom and Non- GMO French Breakfast Radish is ready in 24 days. These radishes have blunt and oblong shape which are mostly red with some white at the tip. The...
Strawberry Seeds - Berries Basket White Hybrid
Berri Basket White Hyrbid strawberries are ready in 85 days. Strawberry variety is well suited for baskets. Hardy to zone 5, the ever-bearing, runnerless, compact and bushy plants bear large,...
Dandelion Seeds - True (Wild)
Taraxacum officinale. Non-GMO, Heirloom True (Wild) Dandelion Herb Garden Seed from True Leaf Market. True wild Dandelions grow as tender perennials native to regions in Asia and Europe. Herbaceous and...
Italian Dandelion Seeds
Non-GMO, Heirloom Italian (Chicory) Dandelion Herb Garden Seed from True Leaf Market. Cichorium intybus. This is a tender perennial that originates from Italy and isa type of chicory or endive....
Organic Leafy Greens Seed Assortment - 7 Pack
Everyone knows that leafy greens are packed with essential nutrients. This collection goes beyond that to show that they can be beautiful and flavorful. From spicy arugula to tender lettuce,...
Spinach Seeds - America
America Spinach Seeds. 43 to 55 Days. Non-GMO, Open Pollinated, Heirloom. Spinacia oleracea. AKA: American, America Long Standing. The America Spinach variety is tolerant of heat and drought and is...
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