If you live in the mild winter areas of zones 7b, 8, and 9a, these January recommendations are for you! These zones typically experience a few days where freezing temperatures occur, but are largely warm enough to grow cool-season crops. We recommend utilizing season-extending tools like hoop houses, row covers, cold frames, and winter grow tents to protect from the occasional January frost.
Outdoors (veg & herbs): Spinach, corn salad, arugula, lettuce, Asian greens, mustard, kale, collard, swiss chard, radish, turnip, kohlrabi, bunching onion, cilantro, dill, parsley, peas.
Cover crops: Winter rye, crimson clover, hairy vetch, Austrian winter 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 bulbing onions (short and intermediate-day), leeks, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kohlrabi, celery, parsley, thyme, oregano, sage, chives, artichoke, and fennel. 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.
50
100
true
//store.trueleafmarket.com/cdn/shop/t/54/assets/review-fallback.json?v=33078429469613971781712858278
Dundale Pea - Organic - Cover Crop Seeds
60-70 Days. Pisum sativum subsp. arvense. Non-GMO. Heirloom. Organic. Open-Pollinated. Often known as "field pea" or simply "Dun pea", the non-GMO Organic Dundale pea is a popular cool-weather cover crop,...
Gourd Seeds - Dok - Hybrid
80-90 days to maturity. Luffa cylindrica ’Dok’. Dok Gourd Seeds. Non-GMO warm-season annual hybrid. This beautiful plant produces early maturing, vigorous fruits. It is high yielding, has lateral branches, and...
Chrysanthemum Seeds - Broad Leaf, Edible
This Chrysanthemum (also called garland daisy) can be grow to a maturity with yellow and white blooms, but also popular as edible greens. Chrysanthemum coronarium. Non-GMO, Annual. A popular Green...
Tomatillo Seeds - Grande Rio Verde - Organic
Physalis ixocarpa (83 days) This var. produces the most and the largest tomatillos! Grande yields about a 3 oz green tomatillos. Great for salsa verde! Tomatillo Seeds - Grande Rio...
Lettuce Seeds - Red Salad Bowl - Organic
Lactuca sativa (33 days) Introduced in the early 1950s. Red salad bowl is deeply lobed, burgundy red, and delicious. The cooler the weather, the more intese the burgundy color becomes....
Lettuce Seeds - Heirloom Garden Mixes
Heirloom Garden Mixes Lettuce Seeds. 60 days to full maturity. 30 days to maturity for baby leaves. Lactuca sativa. Heirloom. Annual. An excellent and well-round custom mix of lettuce. Approximately...
Pak Choi Seeds - Red Choi - Hybrid
45 Days to full maturity. 20-30 Days for baby leaf. 10-15 Days for microgreens. Brassica rapa Chinensis group. Red Choi Pak Choi Seeds. Annual, Hybrid. Cool Season. This special hybrid...
Mustard Seeds - Small Gai Choi
35 to 45 Days to maturity. Brassica juncea var. capitata. Small Gai Choi Mustard Seeds. Heirloom. Cool season annual. This heirloom Chinese mustard green is very vigorous and productive. It...
Pepper Seeds - Sweet & Spicy Mix
An exciting mix of both sweet and spicy peppers. Includes 30% Cal Wonder, 20% Large Sweet Red Cherry, 15% White Bell, 7.5% Orange Bell, 7.5% Golden Cal Wonder, and 20%...
Millet - Hulled (Organic)
Hulled millet has had the husk removed, and as such won't sprout well (below 10%). However hulled millet is ideal for grinding into millet flour, making into cereals or porridge,...
Radish - Sparkler - Microgreens Seeds
6-10 days. Sparkler Radish microgreens is a fast-growing, cool season crop. Its appearance is a delight, with its pretty red skin that changes to white at the tip. Perfect for...
Pea Seeds - Snow - Oregon Giant (Organic)
60-65 Days to maturity. Pisum sativum. Organic Oregon Giant Pea Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Resistant to...
Kohlrabi Seeds - Winner Hybrid
Winner Kohlrabi Seeds. F1 Hybrid. Non-GMO, Annual. 45 to 55 days to full maturity. Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes. This medium-early maturing white kohlrabi hybrid is a winner. Large plants grow...
Endive Seeds - Sugarloaf
80 days. Cichorium intybus. Sugarloaf Endive Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, heirloom, open-pollinated. This crop is suitable for field, garden plots, raised beds, and containers. This variety produces large, dense, cylindrical heads...
Pepper Seeds - Hot - Cayenne Golden
80-89 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Cayenne Golden Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, deer resistant, hot pepper with hot heat levels. 30,000 to 50,000 Scoville Heat Units....
Cauliflower - Igloo
Non-GMO and heirloom Igloo Cauliflower are ready in 70 days. This is an excellent cauliflower for colder temperatures. Another great feature of Igloo Cauliflower is that gardeners can use it...
Bean Seeds - Bush - Kentucky Wonder
50-65 Days to maturity. Phaseolus vulgaris. Kentucky Wonder Bush Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, heat-tolerant, high-yielding, bush, snap green bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised beds,...
Yu Choy Sum Seeds - Late Green
Yu Choy Sum Seeds - Late Green. Heirloom, Non-GMO. Brassica rapa var parachinesis. 45-55 days. Warm season annual. Flowering Brassica is a fast growing green that can be harvested as...
Pepper Seeds - Sweet - Cascadura
70-85 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Cascadura Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, sweet pepper with no heat. 0 Scoville Heat Units. Suitable for growing in garden plots,...
Corn Seeds - Popcorn - Rainbow Jewel
120 Days to maturity. Zea mays ’Rainbow Jewel Popcorn’. Rainbow Jewel Popcorn Corn Seeds. Non-GMO, warm weather hybrid annual. Rainbow Jewel Corn is a hybrid cross between a white popcorn...
Bean Seeds - Pole - Dark Green Yard Long
70 Days to maturity. Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis. Dark Green Yard Long Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, heat-tolerant, open-pollinated, heirloom, pole, snap, Asian, specialty bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden...
Celery Seeds - Red Stalk (Organic)
Apium graveolens Approximately 1,000 Organic celery seeds per 500 mg packet. Red Stalk celery has been grown since the 1700s. Celery Seeds - Red Stalk - Organic This celery has...
Pak Choi Seeds - Taisai
50 Days to maturity. Brassica rapa Chinensis group. Taisai Pak Choi (Bok Choy) Seeds. Cool-Warm Season Annual Heirloom. The leaves of this popular and vigorous pak choi or choy sum...
Cucumber Seeds - Palace King - Hybrid
55-60 Days to maturity. Cucumis sativus ‘Palace King’. Palace King Cucumber Seeds. Warm-season annual hybrid. Non-GMO. This easy-to-grow, early maturing, sooyow type variety is burpless, very crisp, and has a...
Bean Seeds - Pole - Kurosanjaku Yard Long
70-90 Days to maturity. Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis. Kurosanjaku Yard Long Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heat-tolerant, heirloom, pole, snap, Asian, specialty bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots,...
Coffee Seeds - Coffea Arabica Nana
About 3-4 years to harvest. Coffea arabica 'Nana'. Nana Arabian Coffee Seeds. Non-GMO, perennial, open-pollinated, tropical, dwarf coffee tree. Nana Arabian Coffee tree seeds grow dwarf coffee plants that will...
Bachelor Buttons Seeds - Jubilee - Organic
90 Days to maturity. Centaurea cyanus. Organic Jubilee Bachelor Button Seeds. Non-GMO, Open-Pollinated, Heirloom, Annual. Bachelor Button is a drought-tolerant annual native to Europe. Bachelor Button Jubilee is one of...
Okra Seeds - Lousiana Green Velvet
55-65 days. Louisiana Green Velvet Okra Seeds - Non-GMO, Heirloom, Abelmoschus esculentus. This 1941 AAS winner is large standing between 5 and 8 feet tall. It thrives in heat and...
Burdock Seeds - Ha Gobo
65-75 days to maturity.Arctium lappa. Ha Gobo Burdock Seeds. Non-GMO, Heirloom, Cool-season Annual. Open-pollinated. Burdock has been grown for centuries, mainly in China and Japan, for its culinary and medicinal...
Lettuce Seeds - Batavian - Nevada
Nevada Batavian Lettuce Seeds. 48 days to maturity. Lactuca sativa. Open Pollinated. Annual. A Summer Crisp-type lettuce. Nevada's hardy green leaves are crisp with a smooth, fresh taste. ~ 25,000...
Endive Seeds - Gourmet Mix
Gourmet Mix endive and chicory is a great addition to a home garden to get a wide variety of textures and flavors in one go. Sow seeds directly outside in...
[
{
"featured_image": "files/dundale-dun-pea-seeds-organic-cover-crop-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/dun-pea-seed-close-wm_1_65453fa4-bb02-45ad-a3bf-cd6241a92bd9.jpg",
"price": 359,
"handle": "dundale-dun-pea-seeds-organic-cover-crop",
"title": "Dundale Pea - Organic - Cover Crop Seeds",
"url": "/products/dundale-dun-pea-seeds-organic-cover-crop",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/gourd-seeds-dok-hybrid-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-premium_252259f7-2f26-474a-abd1-534eaa6c17e8.png",
"price": 199,
"handle": "gourd-seeds-dok-hybrid",
"title": "Gourd Seeds - Dok - Hybrid",
"url": "/products/gourd-seeds-dok-hybrid",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/chrysanthemum-seeds-broad-leaf-edible-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/edible-chrysanthemum-seeds-wm_700.jpg",
"price": 299,
"handle": "chrysanthemum-seeds-broad-leaf-edible",
"title": "Chrysanthemum Seeds - Broad Leaf, Edible",
"url": "/products/chrysanthemum-seeds-broad-leaf-edible",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/bean-seeds-black-garbanzo-organic-cover-crop-seeds-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/MVS-organic-generic-packet_0ac48069-f050-45c8-a300-c9d49a3f076f.jpg",
"price": 359,
"handle": "bean-seeds-black-garbanzo-organic-cover-crop-seeds",
"title": "Bean Seeds - Black Garbanzo - Organic - Cover Crop Seeds",
"url": "/products/bean-seeds-black-garbanzo-organic-cover-crop-seeds",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/cucumber-seeds-palace-king-hybrid-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-premium_fd4c11f6-f4a4-4f11-9332-c2ce7766ebcf.png",
"price": 539,
"handle": "cucumber-seeds-palace-king-hybrid",
"title": "Cucumber Seeds - Palace King - Hybrid",
"url": "/products/cucumber-seeds-palace-king-hybrid",
"available": false
},
{
"featured_image": "files/organic-tomatillo-grande-rio-verde-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/SSC-organic-generic-packet-com_d8644a73-08d2-474e-8c85-ad153441f21d.jpg",
"price": 359,
"handle": "organic-tomatillo-grande-rio-verde",
"title": "Tomatillo Seeds - Grande Rio Verde - Organic",
"url": "/products/organic-tomatillo-grande-rio-verde",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/organic-red-salad-bowl-lettuce-seed-Comp_1.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/SSC-organic-generic-packet-com_2ecb6bdc-5347-4be9-93b3-39d21807eb3d.jpg",
"price": 359,
"handle": "organic-red-salad-bowl-lettuce-seed",
"title": "Lettuce Seeds - Red Salad Bowl - Organic",
"url": "/products/organic-red-salad-bowl-lettuce-seed",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/yard-long-bean-kurosanjaku-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-premium_6dadb5ad-4ceb-4ad5-95ff-d79c2e321e86.png",
"price": 399,
"handle": "yard-long-bean-kurosanjaku",
"title": "Bean Seeds - Pole - Kurosanjaku Yard Long",
"url": "/products/yard-long-bean-kurosanjaku",
"available": false
},
{
"featured_image": "files/lettuce-seeds-heirloom-garden-mix-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/MVS-generic-packet-com_92791a84-e503-4374-aafc-721dc07fc5e5.jpg",
"price": 299,
"handle": "lettuce-seeds-heirloom-garden-mix",
"title": "Lettuce Seeds - Heirloom Garden Mixes",
"url": "/products/lettuce-seeds-heirloom-garden-mix",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/cabbage-seeds-pak-choi-red-choi-hybrid-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-premium_b6451b32-52e1-4645-8d02-1733124ba4a2.png",
"price": 399,
"handle": "cabbage-seeds-pak-choi-red-choi-hybrid",
"title": "Pak Choi Seeds - Red Choi - Hybrid",
"url": "/products/cabbage-seeds-pak-choi-red-choi-hybrid",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/coffee-seeds-coffea-arabica-nana-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "files/Coffea-Arabica-Nana-flowers_a6f79e4c-b93c-44fc-97f1-4e42be0b5059.jpg",
"price": 439,
"handle": "coffee-seeds-coffea-arabica-nana",
"title": "Coffee Seeds - Coffea Arabica Nana",
"url": "/products/coffee-seeds-coffea-arabica-nana",
"available": false
},
{
"featured_image": "files/mustard-seeds-small-gai-choi-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-premium_b7fc97cf-70e0-4ab4-a832-8ac633bb7741.png",
"price": 399,
"handle": "mustard-seeds-small-gai-choi",
"title": "Mustard Seeds - Small Gai Choi",
"url": "/products/mustard-seeds-small-gai-choi",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/pepper-seeds-sweet-spicy-mix-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "",
"price": 369,
"handle": "pepper-seeds-sweet-spicy-mix",
"title": "Pepper Seeds - Sweet & Spicy Mix",
"url": "/products/pepper-seeds-sweet-spicy-mix",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/organic-hulled-millet-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/16-oz-hulled-millet-bag-seed-wm_700_a1389d63-e620-448a-a020-5b21f5b99342.jpg",
"price": 980,
"handle": "organic-hulled-millet",
"title": "Millet - Hulled (Organic)",
"url": "/products/organic-hulled-millet",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/radish-seeds-sparkler-microgreens-seeds-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/radish-seeds-sparkler-wm-700_8bd27a5b-a080-484c-b6eb-1f3a42f29c0b.jpg",
"price": 554,
"handle": "radish-seeds-sparkler-microgreens-seeds",
"title": "Radish - Sparkler - Microgreens Seeds",
"url": "/products/radish-seeds-sparkler-microgreens-seeds",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/organic-oregon-giant-peas-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/SSC-organic-generic-packet-com_f39a52ee-3216-472b-99a9-cae376f536f9.jpg",
"price": 199,
"handle": "organic-oregon-giant-peas",
"title": "Pea Seeds - Snow - Oregon Giant (Organic)",
"url": "/products/organic-oregon-giant-peas",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/kohlrabi-seeds-winner-hybrid-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "",
"price": 389,
"handle": "kohlrabi-seeds-winner-hybrid",
"title": "Kohlrabi Seeds - Winner Hybrid",
"url": "/products/kohlrabi-seeds-winner-hybrid",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/Endive-Sugar-Loaf-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/Seed_Packet_31f74274-e8f6-47b1-b23f-2deb785d3de2.jpg",
"price": 299,
"handle": "endive-seeds-sugar-loaf",
"title": "Endive Seeds - Sugarloaf",
"url": "/products/endive-seeds-sugar-loaf",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/pepper-seeds-hot-cayenne-golden-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-1-oz-sm_1.png",
"price": 389,
"handle": "pepper-seeds-hot-cayenne-golden",
"title": "Pepper Seeds - Hot - Cayenne Golden",
"url": "/products/pepper-seeds-hot-cayenne-golden",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/cauliflower-igloo-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-sm_a2c045ae-3ada-43a6-bb28-bd0dd63a06f7.png",
"price": 299,
"handle": "cauliflower-igloo",
"title": "Cauliflower - Igloo",
"url": "/products/cauliflower-igloo",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/Bean-Bush-kentucky-Wonder-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "",
"price": 263,
"handle": "kentucky-wonder-bush-beans",
"title": "Bean Seeds - Bush - Kentucky Wonder",
"url": "/products/kentucky-wonder-bush-beans",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/bachelor-buttons-seeds-jubilee-organic-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/SSC-organic-generic-packet-com_acf0687e-6fc2-4fca-93b1-b6ced14ff31e.jpg",
"price": 359,
"handle": "bachelor-buttons-seeds-jubilee-organic",
"title": "Bachelor Buttons Seeds - Jubilee - Organic",
"url": "/products/bachelor-buttons-seeds-jubilee-organic",
"available": false
},
{
"featured_image": "files/okra-louisiana-green-velvet-wm_700_1222x1222_aefd2915-4094-48ec-86dc-b6a612bd30cf.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/okra-louisiana-green-velvet-seeds-wm_700.jpg",
"price": 299,
"handle": "okra-seeds-lousiana-green-velvet",
"title": "Okra Seeds - Lousiana Green Velvet",
"url": "/products/okra-seeds-lousiana-green-velvet",
"available": false
},
{
"featured_image": "files/yu-choy-sum-seeds-late-green-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-premium_1e4066b4-44fe-452c-a6bd-4069596ff8d1.png",
"price": 399,
"handle": "yu-choy-sum-seeds-late-green",
"title": "Yu Choy Sum Seeds - Late Green",
"url": "/products/yu-choy-sum-seeds-late-green",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/burdock-seeds-ha-gobo-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-premium_d0a1a4ef-ed30-4127-8ae9-d38ca63d148a.png",
"price": 399,
"handle": "burdock-seeds-ha-gobo",
"title": "Burdock Seeds - Ha Gobo",
"url": "/products/burdock-seeds-ha-gobo",
"available": false
},
{
"featured_image": "files/pepper-seeds-sweet-cascadura-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/MVS-generic-packet_1_373d3ac6-400b-4171-928d-8dd1bc6151d6.jpg",
"price": 299,
"handle": "pepper-seeds-sweet-cascadura",
"title": "Pepper Seeds - Sweet - Cascadura",
"url": "/products/pepper-seeds-sweet-cascadura",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/lettuce-seeds-batavian-nevada-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/MVS-generic-packet-com_58f04388-e4c8-4959-b7f4-fdf140a462fd.jpg",
"price": 299,
"handle": "lettuce-seeds-batavian-nevada",
"title": "Lettuce Seeds - Batavian - Nevada",
"url": "/products/lettuce-seeds-batavian-nevada",
"available": false
},
{
"featured_image": "files/corn-seeds-popcorn-rainbow-jewel-comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "",
"price": 399,
"handle": "corn-seeds-popcorn-rainbow-jewel",
"title": "Corn Seeds - Popcorn - Rainbow Jewel",
"url": "/products/corn-seeds-popcorn-rainbow-jewel",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/yard-long-bean-dark-green-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/non-gmo-seed-bag-premium_43fc4d00-605e-4aab-840f-97dd408922e1.png",
"price": 399,
"handle": "yard-long-bean-dark-green",
"title": "Bean Seeds - Pole - Dark Green Yard Long",
"url": "/products/yard-long-bean-dark-green",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "products/organic-red-stalk-celery-com-wm.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/SSC-organic-generic-packet-com_ed84a160-7256-495b-98f0-d05b56d49567.jpg",
"price": 509,
"handle": "organic-red-stalk-celery",
"title": "Celery Seeds - Red Stalk (Organic)",
"url": "/products/organic-red-stalk-celery",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/Pak_Choi_Taisai_Lifestyle_Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "files/Pak_Choi_Taisai_Comp.jpg",
"price": 399,
"handle": "cabbage-seeds-pak-choi-taisai",
"title": "Pak Choi Seeds - Taisai",
"url": "/products/cabbage-seeds-pak-choi-taisai",
"available": true
},
{
"featured_image": "files/Endive-Gourmet-Mix-Comp.jpg",
"secondary_image": "products/Seed_Packet_fcca390f-d7be-45bc-81fa-57fb7cc60f8f.jpg",
"price": 299,
"handle": "endive-seeds-gourmet-mix",
"title": "Endive Seeds - Gourmet Mix",
"url": "/products/endive-seeds-gourmet-mix",
"available": false
}
]