Online shop opening soon. Seed orders will open here shortly. Until then, look for us at regional farmers markets.
Every variety here is open-pollinated. Days to maturity are approximate and will vary with your weather, soil, and planting date.
Start indoors late March to early April; transplant mid to late May after the ~May 10 last frost.
Tomato · Solanum lycopersicum
A dependable early tomato with clusters of small, round red fruit and a bright, balanced flavor. Potato-leaf plants that keep producing in cool weather. A good first choice for a short season.
Tomato · Solanum lycopersicum
Compact plants that set small red fruit early and handle cool nights. Useful for gardeners who want ripe tomatoes on the counter before midsummer.
Tomato · Solanum lycopersicum
Large, dusky rose-purple slicers with rich, deep flavor. The longest-season tomato in our lineup: start on time and give it your warmest, most sheltered spot.
Cherry tomato · Solanum lycopersicum
Golden-yellow cherry tomatoes on compact, bushy plants bred at Oregon State University for short, cool seasons. Sets fruit early, even after cool nights, and many of the first fruits are seedless. Save your own seed and it will come true.
Cold-tolerant crops for spring and fall. Sow early, and again in late summer for fall harvests.
Kale · Brassica napus
Tender, frilly gray-green leaves with purple-red stems. Great as baby greens or full-size, and the flavor sweetens after a frost.
Kale · Brassica oleracea
Also called dinosaur or Tuscan kale: long, dark blue-green, savoyed leaves. Pick a few leaves at a time and the plants keep going well into fall.
Spinach · Spinacia oleracea
Classic crinkly, dark green leaves with a sweet, full flavor. Sow as soon as the soil can be worked in spring, and again for fall. Bolts in summer heat, so plant early.
Direct sow from mid-April into May, and again in midsummer for fall roots.
Beet · Beta vulgaris
Smooth, round, deep red roots with sweet flesh, plus tender greens. A steady, reliable beet for fresh eating, roasting, and pickling.
Carrot · Daucus carota
Sturdy, tapered orange carrots that handle heavier soils better than long, slender types. Good for fresh eating and storage.
Peas go in early (late March to April). Beans wait for warm soil, after the last frost.
Bush bean · Phaseolus vulgaris
Round green pods on compact bushes, no trellis needed. Known for germinating in cooler soil than many beans, which helps in a short season.
Snap pea · Pisum sativum
Plump, crunchy pods you eat whole, sweet straight off the vine. Tall vines need a trellis or fence. One of the first crops to sow in spring.
Easy, cheerful, and good company in the vegetable garden.
Pot marigold · Calendula officinalis
Bright orange and gold blooms on a calendula selected for its resin-rich flower heads, a traditional choice for drying. Tolerates cool weather and blooms until hard frost.
Six of our most dependable varieties for a first season in a short northern garden: an early tomato, spring peas and spinach, kale, beets, and bush beans.
Saving seed? Open-pollinated varieties grow true to type from saved seed (keep varieties of the same crop apart to avoid crossing).