{"title":"Winter Crops Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn many Northern climates, you can still grow crops for fresh eating in the colder months! Here in Philadelphia, and even as far north as New England, with proper protection (high tunnels, low tunnels, or row cover) we can sow winter-hardy annual greens (like those shown here) in November for harvest as early as late February through March. These same crops can be sown in August or September for fall harvest. Perennial crops like Skirret and Good King Henry can be sown in spring and harvested the following winter or early spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease read the \"Planting Notes\" on each page for best times and practices for sowing your cool season crops.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"winterspinat-haldenstein-winter-spinach","title":"Winterspinat Haldenstein (Winter Spinach)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis winter spinach has large, smooth, nutty, and mild leaves that can be seeded in the fall for an early spring harvest. You can also seed this variety in the spring or late summer. It is named for Haldenstein: the Swiss town where people have been growing this pointy-seeded heirloom since before WWI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e overwinter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGermination rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82% on 10\/01\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarely cover and tamp down the seeds directly in the ground. Seed in fall and overwinter in the garden for an early spring harvest. In zone 7 and colder, cover with low tunnels or cold frames during the coldest months. Alternatively, you can sow as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring or in the late summer when nights start to get cooler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeed keeping notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpinach is wind pollinated, biennial, and dioecious, meaning there are separate male and female plants. This means you should be sure to have both for successful pollination. Male plants eventually release visible pollen when shaken. Allow overwintered plants to flower and then turn brown. Seeds are ready when they are dried out. They will form pointy clusters. Harvest the stalks at this dry stage and allow the plants to further dry in a ventilated place if necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Truelove Seeds Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":751842131981,"sku":"AMAR-001","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/products\/29791733_10216606076847366_4673681715271565312_o.jpg?v=1571609431"},{"product_id":"landis-winter-lettuce","title":"Landis Winter Lettuce","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an extremely winter-hardy butterhead with pleasant, mild, velvety leaves. It is excellent for salads anytime, but especially exciting to have something green and crunchy while snow is still on the ground. Last year, starting on the first day of spring, we sold this variety to Johnny Brenda's kitchen in Philadelphia while they waited for their regular farmers' early lettuce crops to mature. It's a Pennsylvania Dutch selection of the now-extinct late 1700s variety known as White Tennisball. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/collections\/roughwood\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRoughwood Seed Collection\u003c\/a\u003e acquired this seed in 1994 from renowned Lettuce seed collector Mary Schultz of Monroe, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to Maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e overwinter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGermination rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90% on 12\/16\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeed every 1\" in rows 8-12\" apart, 1\/4-1\/2\" deep. Keep watered until germination. Thin to every 8\". Harvest when you can't wait anymore!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeed keeping notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLettuce is very much self-pollinating, but give at least 10 feet between plants (we give at least 35 feet) to avoid unwanted cross-pollination from flying insects. Allow the plants to bolt and flower. Often, flowering lettuce benefits from simple staking (we tie several plants together) so that the flowers and seedheads do not fall to the ground. Seed is ripe when the flowers turn to 'feathers,' which are fluff balls like dandelions. In the moist summers of Pennsylvania, we harvest the entire seedheads when at least 50% of the plant has gone to seed. If there are dry days in the forecast, feel free to wait longer for more ripe seed. Cut the seedheads a few feet down, and allow to dry about a week in a sunny dry place like a greenhouse, sunny window, or even a car seat. Later, wearing a handkerchief or mask to avoid breathing in the feathers and dust, bang the seedheads in a bucket allowing the seed to fall to the bottom. The ripest seeds fall, the least ripe stay in the plant, so do not over do it. Sift through strainers to remove the large chaff, and then use your breath, a fan, or the wind to carefully blow off the smaller dust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Truelove Seeds Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":899365797901,"sku":"LET-001","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/products\/landiswinterlettuceheads.jpg?v=1571609431"},{"product_id":"mizuna-landrace","title":"Mizuna Landrace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a sweet and spicy, wide-leafed, and winter-hardy mizuna landrace. Tobacco Road Farm initially crossed their mizuna with flowering maruba and tatsoi pollinator plants in order to increase the genetic diversity and vigor of the mizuna population. They then saved seeds from the mizuna mother plants and have been selecting for winter hardiness in this now-stable crop for the past 20 years. It plays a starring role (alongside Ice Bred Arugula) in their ever popular spicy salad mix. With these varieties, you can have delicious greens in fall, winter, and spring with little effort. In cooler climates, we plant in November and cover with hoops and plastic row covers until the warmth of spring. Roughwood Seed Collection offered this variety a couple years back under the name \"Mizunarubasoi.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotos of the young mizuna landrace courtesy of Rise \u0026amp; Root Farm where farmer Jane Hodge says \"it's my favorite green of all time\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21-40 (see below)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGermination rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 93% on 11\/04\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeed every 1\" in rows 8-12\" apart, 1\/4-1\/2\" deep. Keep watered until germination. Thin to every 6-12\" for full heads, or treat as cut-and-come-again baby greens. Harvest baby greens after 21 days, or allow plant to mature in 40 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeed keeping notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsolate by 1\/2 mile from other flowering members of \u003cem\u003eB. rapa\u003c\/em\u003e, including turnips, napa cabbage, and bok choy to avoid unwanted cross-pollination. Allow seed pods to turn brown and dry before seed harvest. Protect from birds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobacco Road Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":3441731567656,"sku":"BRA-003","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/products\/image_21f243cc-e673-449f-9e8b-f841a77b750c.jpg?v=1571609433"},{"product_id":"ice-bred-arugula","title":"Ice-bred Arugula","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a strong, excellent flavor, this arugula is extra cold hardy, vigorous, and genetically diverse. Along with their Mizuna Landrace and many other tasty greens, Ice-bred Arugula is an essential part of Tobacco Road Farm's ever-popular Spicy Salad Mix. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, Brett Grohsgal of Even Star Organic Farm in Eastern Shore, Maryland bred this open pollinated landrace from two Dutch strains of arugula and selected for cold hardiness. Tobacco Road Farm in Lebanon, Connecticut has been growing these spicy greens every winter for nearly a decade, continuing to select for winter hardiness in even colder conditions. For winter growing, we plant in November and cover with hoops and plastic row covers until the warmth of spring. The photo above shows a late-spring planting of arugula at Tobacco Road Farm, and how their natural farming and soil building practices produced an early June crop with no flea beetle damage. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21-44\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGermination rate: \u003c\/strong\u003e86% on 10\/31\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeed every 1\" in rows 8-12\" apart, 1\/4-1\/2\" deep. Keep watered until germination. Thin to every 4-6\" for full heads, or treat as cut-and-come-again baby greens. Harvest baby greens after 21 days, or allow plant to mature in 44 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeed keeping notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsolate by 1\/2 mile from other flowering Arugulas (\u003cem\u003eEruca sativa\u003c\/em\u003e), to avoid unwanted cross-pollination. Allow seed pods to turn brown and dry before seed harvest. Protect from birds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobacco Road Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":3454672109608,"sku":"BRA-002","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/products\/IceBredArugulaTRFSQUARE.jpg?v=1571609433"},{"product_id":"deitrich-s-wild-broccoli-raab","title":"Deitrich's Wild Broccoli Raab","description":"\u003cp\u003eDirectors of the Experimental Farm Network selected this exciting plant from the feral leaf turnips growing at the Deitrichs' farm in Salem County. They assume the plants escaped from an Italian farmer generations ago. Similar plants grow across the southern New Jersey region, but the plants at the Deitrichs' farm had already been informally selected by Chris \u0026amp; Sandy for years when EFN founders Nate Kleinman \u0026amp; Dusty Hinz took over selection. It's known locally as \"wild broccoli raab\", and some folks eat it every day it's in season -- and its season starts many weeks before anything else, often growing through snow. It's delicious raw or cooked (and especially good in scrambled eggs or just sauteed in some olive oil). Thanks to the Deitrichs' wise stewardship of their land -- eschewing herbicides, leaving lots of land unmowed -- and love for this plant in particular, a strong population thrives in their corner of southern New Jersey. These seeds come from the most productive, earliest plants, selected in an effort to re-domesticate it with all of its best wild properties intact. That process will continue, but for now we're happy to offer you this gem. This variety carries the Open Source Seed Initiative Pledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e See planting and harvesting notes below\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScatter seeds haphazardly 2-4 inches apart in a prepared block of soil to your liking. No thinning necessary. The soil does not have to be perfectly prepared: this is wild seed that competes in hay fields with wild grasses. Give them a good initial watering and that should be enough to get them going. A biennial, it is best planted in late Spring, but can be planted well into late Summer and still provide excellent \"raabs\" the following Spring. Use the leaves as a cooking green before winter. Raabs are the tender green flower spikes they start shooting up the following spring. In South Jersey, they start producing mid March. Colder climates could expect the raabs to begin 2-4 weeks later; warmer places 2-4 weeks earlier. Come back and cut more raabs every 3-7 days. If you want to \"re-wild\" your own patch, stop cutting the raabs after a few harvests and let the plant go to seed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeed keeping notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsolate by 1\/2 mile from other flowering members of B. rapa, including turnips, napa cabbage, and bok choy to avoid unwanted cross-pollination. Allow seed pods to turn brown and dry before seed harvest. Protect from birds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Experimental Farm Network","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":3525206900776,"sku":"BRA-004","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/products\/deitrich_s_wild_broccoli_raab_SQUARE.png?v=1571609433"},{"product_id":"spotted-aleppo-lettuce-1","title":"Spotted Aleppo Lettuce","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis speckled heirloom romaine lettuce from Syria was introduced to England in the late 1600s, and to America by the late 1700s. It was offered by Philadelphia-based Bernard McMahon in the first known seed catalog in America in 1804 (his very first catalog came out 2 years earlier). This long-leafed variety is 8-10 inches tall and can be eaten young or mature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar to Landis Winter Lettuce, we sow this variety in late fall and harvest in late winter and early spring. You can also plant in the early spring, and early fall for cool-season harvests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLettuce originates in the middle-east, and is often a central ingredient in Syria's famous Fattoush (bread salad), and sometimes in the Levantine Tabbouleh. Some say romaine lettuces are also called \"cos\" because lettuce is known as khus خس in Arabic. First cultivated as early as 2680 BC, lettuce was used by Egyptians to create oil from its seeds, and later was selected for its edible leaves, likely also by Egyptians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40-60\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGermination rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84% on 09\/29\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeed every 1\" in rows 8-12\" apart, 1\/4-1\/2\" deep. Keep watered until germination. Thin to every 8\". Harvest when you can't wait anymore!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeed keeping notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLettuce is very much self-pollinating, but give at least 10 feet between plants (we give at least 35 feet) to avoid unwanted cross-pollination from flying insects. Allow the plants to bolt and flower. Often, flowering lettuce benefits from simple staking (we tie several plants together) so that the flowers and seedheads do not fall to the ground. Seed is ripe when the flowers turn to 'feathers', which are fluff balls like dandelions. In the moist summers of Pennsylvania, we harvest the entire seedheads when at least 50% of the plant has gone to seed. If there are dry days in the forcast, feel free to wait longer for more ripe seed. Cut the seedheads a few feet down, and allow to dry about a week in a sunny dry place like a greenhouse, sunny window, or even a car seat. Later, wearing a handkerchief or mask to avoid breathing in the feathers and dust, bang the seedheads in a bucket allowing the seed to fall to the bottom. The ripest seeds fall, the least ripe stay in the plant, so do not over do it. Sift through strainers to remove the large chaff, and then use your breath, a fan, or the wind to carefully blow off the smaller dust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Truelove Seeds Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21627507540048,"sku":"LET-003","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/products\/D92857B5-411D-4631-B0A1-FEDE7145F18E.jpg?v=1571609439"},{"product_id":"good-king-henry-1","title":"Good King Henry","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerennial spinach-like greens from Europe, closely related to lamb's quarters, quinoa, and epazote, and less sweet than spinach. Dark green, arrow-shaped leaves are eaten as a pot-herb, and the first shoots of the spring are eaten when pencil-thin similarly to asparagus. Also known as Lincolnshire Spinach and Fat Hen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 65-70\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGermination rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 76% on 1\/22\/2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeed benefits from stratification, which you could provide by sowing directly in your garden in December or January, by sowing in flats of potting soil outdoors in winter, or by keeping the seeds in the fridge for 8-10 weeks before sowing. That said, when we do not stratify our seeds, they still germinate well for us in our germination tests and in our greenhouse for transplanting on the farm. Space plants 12-18\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeed keeping notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood King Henry is wind pollinated. Seeds are ready when the seed head dries (after the flower dies back). You can cut the whole seed head and hang it to dry and mature further in a dry, ventilated place. Either way, shake the plant in a bucket to release the seeds. Use a strainer to sift out the larger chaff. Use your breath, wind, or fans to winnow off lighter weight chaff.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Truelove Seeds Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21663904989264,"sku":"AMAR-015","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/products\/Good_King_Henry_5.JPG?v=1571609440"},{"product_id":"judys-siberian-kale","title":"Judy's Siberian Kale","description":"\u003cp\u003eJudy Vonhandorf and her fellow farmers at The Community Supported Garden at Genesis Farm have developed this incredible variety of kale over several decades of selecting for flavor and cold hardiness. This is a great variety for winter greens. It has the sweetest, most complex flavor, tender enough for salads, and hearty enough to be cooked. Market photo by Roots to River Farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 55 (45 for baby greens)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGermination rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96% on 06\/02\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEither start indoors or direct sow. Sow seeds 1\/4\" deep in potting soil 4-8 weeks before the last frost, and transplant 1-2' apart just before the last frost. In Fall, We direct sow our seeds 1\/4\" deep every few inches, and cover with hoops and plastic row covers. In the Spring, we thin the plants to one every 12-18\" (24\" for seed production), eating the thinnings. 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