Did you know that there are vegetables you can plant now that will only become sweeter and more delicious if they go through a frost?
Here is a list of 19 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
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.
10. Leafy Lettuces
Frost damage on leafy vegetables doesn't render the plant inedible like a disease. You can harvest non-damage parts by cutting away brown areas and edges that are frost damaged and save just the leaf parts that are uninjured and your plant will continue to grow.
11. Kale
Snow can protect plants from extreme cold so that they stay in the garden longer. Kale is one of these plants! Very cold-hardy.
12. Leeks
Leeks are very cold-tolerant, most likely to survive plunges to 0 °F
13. Mustard
When spent days under the cover of snow they have been known to emerge in perfect condition once the snow melts.
14. Parsnips
Parsnips are generally tolerant to 0 °F and will sweeten in flavor if hit with a light frost or two.
15. Radishes
Radishes thrive in the cooler weather when frost can be a threat to other crops. They can survive hard freezes as well.
16. Rutabagas
When exposed to light frost, rutabagas can actually taste sweeter. To extend the harvest season & protect the crops from heavier frosts, just add a thick layer of straw.
17. Spinach
Grows slowly through the winter but will always bounce back in early spring.
18. Swiss Chard
Swiss chard is very cold-tolerant, & can survive dips to 15 °F without any protection.
19. Turnips
Turnips lose much of their spiciness and accumulate sugar when they mature in cold weather.
2 comments
Curtis Porter
Mike Mcgrath
Right now I feel like it’s too hot where I’m at to start in with the winter crop but what would you say is the best fertilizer and how often should I apply it. I’ve been doing Epsom salt molasses and powdered oyster shells on my summer garden which turned out pretty good. I’ve been saving my egg shells to put in in October. Anything you can tell me will be greatly appreciated.