Hudson Valley Seed Co.

07/23/2026

Across the northern half of the country, it's peak season for starting crops for fall gardens. Here at our farm, we're about at the 12-week mark before fall frost, as this graphic indicates. (You may be elsewhere! Just take your first fall frost date and count backwards.)

Be inspired by the subtle seasonal cues—the slightly shortening length of day, the first hints of desaturation in the green tones of leaves and lawns—and affirm your own gardening practice with a fresh round of seed starting. Or, be inspired by our current sale! Seeds for suitable late-season varieties are 20% off through July 27th.

Things like carrots, beets, bush beans, and peas can all be started now, as well as hardy leafy greens that can continue to be succession sown for the next four to eight weeks. The best part? Summer sowings are honestly a bit easier than those made in spring: the cold soils and drying winds of April are replaced by well-warmed beds and humid summer air. And the harvest season is not a rush to grab radishes before they bolt but a long, protracted, easeful few months of gathering crops from your garden as it morphs into an "outdoor refrigerator" in October and November.

Don't let your garden fade as frost arrives; invite it to thrive with a well-selected round of sowings for fall. You'll be glad you did.

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07/22/2026

Harvesting your own saffron sounds lux—and it is. But really the reasons to grow Saffron Crocus go well beyond the spice cabinet. These bulbs, planted in September, bloom just 4-8 weeks later, providing a dose of quick reward at a time when most garden efforts won't pay off for months and months. Their beauty is fresh, soft, and bright while most annuals are fading; when paired with spring-flowering crocuses, they serve as a sort of beautiful, ephemeral bookend for the colder months. In well-draining soils, they typically establish themselves well, at least for several years. On top of all that, they give a welcome helping of late-season sustenance to pollinators.

Bulbs ship in September and are now available for pre-order. Click below to learn more.

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07/21/2026

There are so many great events this summer. Join us for a workshop, tour or festival. All events take place at 11 Airport Rd, Accord, NY. 🍅 Link to tickets in our bio. Thanks for growing with us!

07/20/2026

We're excited to announce a new thread of joyful activity here at our farm: from late July through mid-October, we invite you to experience Days to Bloom!

"Days to Bloom" is a phrase we use as a seed company to describe how long it takes for a seed to grow into a flower, but we use it here to define this beautiful time of year when our fields are full of resplendent color. Stop by our farm in Accord, NY, during our open hours to:

- Pick your own bouquets from our cutting garden of annual flowers (now through frost)
- Explore 2 acres of extraordinary dahlia fields and pick your own dahlia bouquets (mid-August through frost)
- Buy "grab-and-go" bouquets from our shop, along with an expanded array of floral products
- Enjoy flower-themed workshops and programming

We can't wait to share more as the experience unfolds!

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07/18/2026

The first dahlia blooms signal a new season in the garden, and Dandy Collarette, a seed variety that we also sell as bulk tuber packs, is often one of the first varieties to herald that we've crossed the line into peak summer. Artist Deanna Staffo () channeled another joy of summer—the bicycle—into her acrylic-and-colored pencil rendering for this Art Pack, which features dapper dandies joyfully navigating a world of colorful blooms. (See Deanna's process and the final work in the first slides.)

We produce certified organic Dandy Collarette Dahlia seed on our own farm (), and last year's grow-out was epic—it really felt like the world depicted on the seed pack had come to life. (See final image.)

The Art Packs somehow resonate more deeply mid-season, like the beauty they depict has—please excuse how obvious this sounds—seeded itself in the greater world and reached its full expression. While in winter the art helps lift our spirits through the gray and the cold, at this time of year, the world they promised us is here! Despite everything, plants, beauty, fresh food—all of it has, indeed, returned.

In appreciation of the synergy between Art (Pack) and Life that is present this time of year, we're running a promotion on all Art Packs for the weekend, discounting them by 25% (ends at midnight the night of Sunday, July 19th).

Enjoy the art! Enjoy the summer! Enjoy the garden's full expression of beauty!

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07/17/2026

Growing fresh vegetables into the fall and winter is grounding and healthy—and it provides a dose of vitality as the world around us grows cold and dark. But to succeed requires snapping into action now to get some fresh seeds started. Explore dozens of great varieties for late-season gardens on our website, and find our helpful Late Season Planting Guide at the link below:

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07/16/2026

Fall gardens keep you vital, healthy, and grounded as the days shorten and the colder weather sets in. But to experience the pleasures of frost-sweetened kale and fresh, crunchy lettuce in November requires a bit of foresight now. No time this summer to start fall garden seedlings? We've got you covered. Pre-order certified organic seedlings through July 26th for pickup July 30th-Aug 2nd, or shop our greenhouse in person anytime from now through September.

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07/13/2026

It was such a pleasure several weeks ago to speak with Margaret Roach, of A Way to Garden, a wonderful podcast and book and community of avid gardeners. We talked succession sowing and one of the few "have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too" techniques that actually works: edible cover crops! Have a listen and learn how to keep the garden productive as we exit the spring planting season and our planning and seed-starting tilts toward cold-hardy crops for fall.

I KNOW, it feels like we just planted the vegetable garden moments ago. But a close look around as summer really takes hold quickly reminds us that our work is never done... Some crop or

06/26/2026

Donating plant materials to community gardening projects has been part of our work since the start. This week we've been donating some of our surplus dahlias, cannas, elephant ears, and crocosmia to some of our favorite projects (just dropped a bunch off at the Kingston YMCA Farm Project last night and mailed a boxful to the Federated Garden Clubs of NY for beautification projects).

We've still got about 6-8 bulb crates full of a smattering of varieties. It's not too late to get them in the ground if you act quickly! If your gardening group could put them to good use, send us a DM. Priority will be given to groups in the area that are able to pick up at our Accord, New York, location.

Here's to more color and joy in the world!

06/23/2026

We welcome you to participate in Upstate Art Weekend () this Thursday, June 25th, through Monday, June 29th here at the Hudson Valley Seed Co! We've partnered with several of our seed pack artists to share a gorgeous new show in our retail space and gallery at 11 Airport Road in Accord, NY. "Fleeting Bloom, Fixed Form" explores themes of transience in the garden—always the best classroom for this subject!

The show brings together the works of Hudson Valley artists April Warren (who created artwork for Evergreen Scallion / ), Natalie Wargin (Strawflower / .0), Natalya Khorover (Hardy Hibiscus / ), and Julia Whitney Barnes (Purpletop Vervain / ). Check out snippets of their works in this post!

Each artist serves as a witness to the garden’s inevitable cycle of bloom and decay, utilizing a diverse array of media to arrest time in its tracks. Whether it is Khorover’s transformation of discarded single-use plastic into intricate botanical relief, Whitney Barnes’s use of painted cyanotypes to capture ephemeral flowers and plants, Warren’s precise yet abstract examinations of floral form, or Wargin’s evocative paintings of cyclical growth and rebirth, these creators collectively turn the temporary into the enduring. In the show, you can see works by these artists alongside their original seed pack art.

Also on view as part of our permanent collection: a dramatic sculpture by documenting another type of transience: the ongoing extinction of ash trees in our region.

Welcome, art lovers! Enjoy the art, admire the demonstration gardens that are just starting to bloom, shop the seed store, and pick up some plants from our greenhouse to take home.

And while you're in our neighborhood, check out nearby Upstate Art Weekend sites!

#106 Ravenwood
#124 Stony Kill Studios
#143 Hudson Hangar
#8 Army of Frogs Studio
#35 Color Wheels
#88 Lynn & Lorraine .and.lorraine
#135 The Barn on Berme
#14 Arts Society of Kingston
#79 Kayrock Screenprinting

Learn more at the Upstate Art Weekend website: https://upstateartweekend.pulse.ly/8kdlqp5q0w