Regardless of where you live, there are a few crops you can count on to withstand cooler temps, frost, and even sometimes snow.
Having a thriving vegetable garden doesn't have to end when summer does. With a little bit of planning, and preparation you can grow vegetables well into the winter months or even year round if you live in a warmer climate down south.
Vegetables you can plant now will only become sweeter and more delicious if they go through a frost!
When a frost comes into contact with a lot of these cool-season vegetables, they naturally react to the cold and produce extra sugars which can make some of the more bitter tasting vegetables taste rather sweet.
Prepare NOW to have the garden you've always wanted during Fall/Winter! With these crops, put the fear of your plants being damaged or destroyed aside. When Winter weather rolls around, these vegetables will do well & actually THRIVE!
Here is a list of 9 Frost Hardy Vegetables you should plant this fall:
1. Beets
Although beets grow well during warm weather, the seedlings are established more easily under cool, moist conditions.
2. Broccoli
Broccoli plants thrive in cool temperatures, they have been known to survive temperatures as low as 28 F
3.Brussels Sprouts:
The plant will withstand frost and can be harvested until a hard freeze strikes. The best-quality sprouts are produced during sunny days with light frosts at night.
4.Cabbage
Cabbage can withstand frost down to 20 degrees or even 15 degrees F.
5.Carrots
Carrots can survive temperatures as low as 15 degrees Fahrenheit, but prolonged periods of cold results in long, pale roots.
6.Cauliflower
Cauliflower can survive temperatures as low as 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
7.Celery
Celery tolerates light frost only.
8.Collards
Collard greens are the most cold resistant of any plant in the cold-hardy Brassica family. Collards can withstand winter temps. down to 5 F. and they usually come through the cold even more flavorful.
9.Green Onions
Onions are as hardy as they come. Frosts, freezing temperatures and snow will not kill them.