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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75-100 Days to maturity. Phaseolus vulgaris. Organic Black Turtle Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, organic, heirloom, bush, shelling bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses....
Mustard Seeds - Osaka Purple
21 to 45 days. An outstanding mustard of dark green-purple leaves with bright white veins. Harvest at 4 to 6 inches for salad or allow it to grow to full...
Cucumber Seeds - Pickling - Wisconsin SMR
55-58 Days to maturity. Cucumis sativus. Wisconsin SMR-58 Pickling Cucumber Cucumber Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, monoecious, pickling cucumber. Suitable for growing in fields, containers (with support), garden plots, raised...
Pepper Seeds - Hot - Hungarian Yellow Wax
58 to 85 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Pepper, Hot - Hungarian Hot Wax - Organic Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, deer resistant, heat tolerant, drought tolerant,...
Cucumber Seeds - National Pickling
50-70 Days to maturity. Cucumis sativus. National Pickling Cucumber Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, monoecious, pickling cucumber. Suitable for growing in fields, containers (with support), garden plots, raised beds, and...
Eggplant Seeds - Purple Shine - Hybrid
65 days to maturity after transplant. Solanum melongena ’Purple Shine’. Purple Shine Eggplant Seeds. Non-GMO, warm-season, annual, hybrid. This is a popular Chinese type eggplant variety. Fruits are firm and...
Radish Seeds - Lady Slipper
Non-GMO Heirloom Lady Slipper Radish is ready in 28 days. Beautiful soft-pink radish has an elongated body and roots. This radish has a smooth appearance and a crisp, mild, sweet...
Eggplant Seeds - Little Finger Purple
Solanum melongena (68 days) Little Fingers grow in clusters that almost look like hands. They grow in clusters of 3-5 purple, slim fruits. ~7,850 seeds/oz. Eggplant Seeds - Little Finger...
Lettuce Seeds - Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb Butterhead Lettuce Seeds. 55-60 Days. Heirloom, Non-GMO. Lactuca sativa. Highly productive, dwarfed bibb lettuce that is quick to mature no bigger than a baseball or tennis ball, the...
Alyssum Seeds - Carpet of Snow
56-63 Days to maturity. Lobularia maritima. Carpet of Snow Alyssum Seeds. Non-GMO, Open-Pollinated, Annual. Open-pollinated, seeds. Carpet of Snow Alyssum flower seeds grow one of the most familiar and beloved...
Corn Seeds - Sweet - Sugar Buns Hybrid
70-80 Days to maturity. Zea mays. Sugar Buns Hybrid (treated) Corn Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, hybrid, Sweet Corn. Suitable for growing in garden plots or raised beds. Corn tolerates heat and...
Carrot Seeds - Kuroda Long 8"
The Kuroda Long 8" carrot is a sweet Asian carrot. It is tolerable to multiple climates, and grows best with some shade. Seeds should be planted in fertile loose soil....
French Marigold Seeds - Janie Series
56-63 Days to maturity. Tagetes patula. Janie Series Marigold Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated. Growing Janie Series Marigold seeds this season is an effortless and award-winning way to dash some summer...
Echinacea Seeds - White Swan
70-84 days. Non-GMO, Heirloom White Swan Echinacea Herb Garden Seed from True Leaf Market. Echinacea purpurea. Echinacea grows as a warm perennial native to North America. Cultivated in 1987, this...
Gourds Seeds - Small Mix
Small Gourds Mix is ready in 90-120 days. This is a collection of different shapes in shades of white, cream, gold, yellow, and green. These gourds are suitable for decoration....
Pepper Seeds - Sweet - Fushimi
65 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Fushimi Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, high-yielding, sweet pepper with mild heat levels. 1,000 to 2,500 Scoville Heat Units. Suitable for...
Squash - Summer - Dark Green Zucchini (Organic)
Cucurbita pepo. (45-65 days) An early vigorous bush zucchini with straight, smooth, dark-green mottled fruits. Tastiest at 6-8" with pale greenish-white, firm flesh. Great for market growers and easy to...
Radish Seeds - Easter Egg Blend
Non-GMO Easter Egg Blend Radish Seeds, Heirloom. Easter Egg Blend Radish Seeds are native to regions in Asia and were grown in Europe around 5,000 years ago. Freshly eaten radishes...
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Peron Sprayless
70 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycoperscium. Peron Sprayless Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, determinate, drought tolerant, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and...
Caraway Seeds
455 Days to maturity (2nd year). Carum carvi. Caraway Seeds. Non-GMO, open-pollinated, heirloom, biennial herb seed. Attracts pollinators and is both cold and drought-tolerant once established. Caraway is an attractive...
Radish Seeds - Korean - Cheong Du - Hybrid
60 to 65 days to maturity. Raphanus sativus. Cheong Du Korean Radish Seeds. Hybrid, cool season annual. Cheong Du radishes are a common, popular variety in Korea. Their name means...
Pea Seeds - Snow - Taiwan Sugar (Organic)
60-70 Days to maturity. Pisum sativum. Organic Taiwan Sugar Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Resistant to powdery...
Turnip Seeds - Seven Top
45-65 days. Brassica rapa. Seven Top Turnip seeds grow into cool season root vegetables that are biennials, fast growing and referred to as "turnip greens." These heirloom seeds come from...
Corn Seeds - Popcorn - Glass Gem
110 days. The Glass Gem variety of corn was developed by Carl Barnes, a farmer from Oklahoma, as a way of reconnecting with his Cherokee heritage. The Glass Gem seeds...
Squash Seeds - Summer - Sunburst Hybrid
Non-GMO Hybrid Sunburst Squash is a buttery-yellow scallop summer squash. Best picked when it grows 2-3 inches wide. Pattypan squash variety with a thin skin with a bush habit that...
Lavender Seeds - Munstead
126-140 Days to maturity. Lavender angustifolia. Munstead Lavender Seeds. Heirloom, Non-GMO, Open Pollinated. Perennial. A fragrant robust lavender that, due to its short size and tightly held blooms (about 8...
Pepper Seeds - Sweet - Sweet Pickle
75 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Sweet Pickle Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, sweet pepper with no heat. 0 Scoville Heat Units. Suitable for growing in containers,...
Yellow Soybeans (Organic) - Bulk Grains & Foods
Used for centuries in Eastern Asia as a food source and for its medicinal properties, these Organically grown soybeans are a fabulous source of plant protein. Soybean sprouts are incredibly...
Bean Seeds - Bush - Masai
47-60 Days to maturity. Phaseolus vulgaris. Masai Bush Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, high yielding, heat tolerant, bush, snap, green bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised...
Broccoli Seeds - Chinese Broccoli - Kailaan
Broccoli Seeds - Chinese Broccoli - Kailaan. Heirloom, Non-GMO. Brassica oleracea var alboglabra. Also known as cai ro, chair lan, Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale, gailaan, gai lan, gailon, gelancai, guy...
Mustard Seeds - Spinach (Komatsuna) - Tendergreen
45 days. Mustard-Spinach or Komatsuna. Milder than regular mustard greens, this variety has thick, smooth leaves on upright, heat and cold tolerant plants. Tendergreen is widely used both in stir...
Parsley Seeds - Triple Moss Curled
70-80 Days to maturity. Petroselinum crispum. Triple Moss Curled Parsley Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Triple Moss Curled...
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