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January may be the depth of winter, but it’s also when we begin starting seeds indoors for the coming season. Whether you’re new to gardening or just new to starting your own transplants, these are the seeds we recommend starting indoors over the winter and how to have success with them.
At Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, we’re in USDA zone 7a. For northern gard...
Each year we try to expand the catalog a little bit, thoughtfully adding new open-pollinated varieties to our offers. For 2026, we’ve been able to add five new varieties to our listings. We’ve focused on disease resistance for southern gardeners, and added a few new, more colorful crops for home and market gardeners to enjoy.
Beets and carrots are among our favorite cool-season crops. They’re perfect for home or market gardeners and keep well in cold storage or in the root cellar. Unfortunately, many gardeners struggle with these hardy root crops, particularly getting them started. Beets and carrots can be sensitive to soil conditions, moisture levels, and pests as they get established, but with t...
As gardeners, farmers, and growers, we plant seeds for many reasons. Maybe we’re interested in growing the healthiest food possible, getting in touch with nature, or taking part in a more sustainable food system. Whatever the case, most of us care about how our produce is grown whether that’s vegetables from our own gardens, berries from the local farmer’s market, or seeds fr...
Small gardens don’t have to mean small harvests! It can be tempting to make your garden as large as possible and buy all of the seeds, but it’s easy to stretch ourselves too thin. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the weeding, watering, harvesting, and preserving for a large garden. A well-tended small garden will out-produce a large, poorly maintained garden. So whether ...
