Skip the seed trays and get straight to growing. These vegetable starts include sturdy, field-ready plants and crowns—potatoes, perennial kales and tree collards, asparagus crowns, and other crops that benefit from a head start. Chosen for reliability in Pacific Northwest conditions, they’re ready to establish quickly in cool spring soil and build momentum through the season. Plant them well, give them space, and you’re weeks (sometimes a full year) ahead of where seed would put you.