seedsforgardens.com
Seeds for the garden you actually have
Zone, frost, and days left in the season — then a short list of packets. We do not warehouse seed. We tell you what is worth sowing this week.
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ZIP
We map it to a USDA-style zone and typical frost dates.
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This week
A short sow list. If it will not finish, it does not appear.
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A packet
One beginner pick, then a shop we would buy from.
Zone matcher
Which seeds will grow in your garden
Enter a US ZIP. We map it to a USDA-style zone, typical frost dates, and what is worth sowing this week — not a dump of 600 packets.
This season
A spring list that actually finishes
Six packets, a tray you will keep, and the crops to skip.
Spring sowingCrops
Honest picks, not a wall of SKUs
Tomatoes
Start indoors. Match days-to-maturity to the weeks you actually have after last frost.
55–85 days · zones 3a–11a
Lettuce
The crop that makes a first garden feel like a garden. Sow in spring and again in late summer.
30–55 days · zones 3a–10b
Basil
Warm-season herb. Wait until nights stay above 50°F, or keep it on a bright sill.
45–70 days · zones 4a–11a
Garlic
The October crop. Plant cloves in fall, harvest in early summer. Grocery garlic is often treated — buy seed garlic.
220–270 days · zones 3a–9a
Cities
A Seattle 8b is not an Austin 8b
8 min read
A first garden that actually finishes
Six crops, one 4×8 bed, and the mistakes that waste a spring.
7 min read
Seeds for containers, balconies, and rented light
Renters now out-buy homeowners on vegetable and herb seed. The packets have to match the pot.
6 min read
Short-season Midwest: Chicago and zone 5–6
Last frost in mid-April. First frost in mid-October. That is the whole argument.
9 min read
How to start seeds indoors without a greenhouse
Heat, light, and a tray you will not throw away. The rest is optional.
High-ticket kit
The seed-starting bench
Trays you keep, a heat mat, a light. This is where a first garden stops failing in March.
See kitsThe sow list
A note when it is time to sow
Seasonal, not daily. We will send what to start in your zone, and skip the rest of the year.
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