Description
We grow from these same seed varieties in our own garden beds every year, so what is listed above is not a catalog of hypothetical vegetables, it is what actually ends up on our table. Twenty varieties to choose from: Beets, Bell Peppers, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Collard Greens, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Green Beans, Jalapenos, Kale, Lettuce, Okra, Radishes, Spinach, Sweet Corn, Sweet Onions, Tomatoes, Yellow Squash, and Zucchini.
Whether you are filling a single raised bed or a whole backyard plot, this list covers everything from quick spring greens to the long-season Southern staples that make a summer garden worth the effort: something for salads, something for salsa, something to can, collards and okra for the traditional Southern table, and something the kids will actually eat off the vine before it makes it inside.
Getting started
- Kale, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, and collard greens are cool-season crops. Get them in early spring or again in fall, they will bolt and turn bitter in high summer heat.
- Tomatoes, peppers, jalapenos, eggplant, cucumbers, green beans, okra, and zucchini are warm-season and frost-tender. Wait until after your last frost to plant outside, usually mid-spring in upstate South Carolina.
- Carrots, beets, and radishes do best direct-sown into loose, rock-free soil rather than started indoors and transplanted.
- Zucchini, cucumbers, and yellow squash are heavy producers from just a few plants. Do not over-plant unless you enjoy giving vegetables away to every neighbor on the street.
- Okra loves heat other crops can’t handle. Get it in once the soil is good and warm and it will keep producing right through August.
Good to know: Seeds ship anywhere. Just want bell peppers in bulk? We also sell a dedicated Bell Pepper Variety Mix.
