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25 Vegetables That Can Be Grown in the Winter

25 Vegetables That Can Be Grown in the Winter

Winter is approaching rapidly, and you've worked hard to harvest your summer and fall crops. So, now what? Well, winter may be just around the corner, but you can still plant hardy varieties of winter vegetables in your garden, cold frames, grow tunnels, and greenhouses. Below, I have listed 25 vegetables that can withstand a hard frost that you can grow successfully this winter with some tender love and care.

  1. Asparagus

  2. Artichokes

  3. Arugula

  4. Beets

  5. Brussel Sprouts

  6. Broccoli

  7. Cabbage

  8. Carrots

  9. Cauliflower

  10. Chives

  11. Collards

  12. Green onions

  13. English peas

  14. Fava beans

  15. Kale

  16. Leaf lettuce (plant in grow tunnels)

  17. Leeks

  18. Mustard greens

  19. Perennial onions

  20. Parsnips

  21. Radishes

  22. Rhubarb (Remember that rhubarb leaves are highly toxic; the stalks are what's edible.)

  23. Rutabaga

  24. Spinach

  25. Swiss Chard

  26. Turnip greens and turnips

 

Generally, when gardening outdoors, I like sticking with perennial greens and various other perennial vegetables that don't die at the end of the season. Some may go dormant, but they will continue to come back every year.

 

I also enjoy planting self-seeding vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Self-seeding plants not only saves money but also time when gardening. Examples of a few self-seeding vegetables are arugula, chard, collards, kale, lettuce, mustards, spinach, radishes, and turnip greens.

 

If you want your vegetables, fruits, and herbs to self-seed, just leave some of them in the ground and allow them to flower and drop their seeds. Then new volunteer plants will emerge on their own (these volunteers will be true to the parent plant).

 

Note: I reside in USDA Hardiness Zone 8a. Generally, the winter months are fairly milder in comparison to planting in zones 1 through 6. However, this weekend I made grow tunnels and covered my okra, tomatoes, and greens because this coming Tuesday and Wednesday we are supposed to have a hard freeze (wicked crazy weather for Halloween).

 


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