7 Vegetables that can survive freezing

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7 Vegetables that can survive freezing

This week's gardening tip video covers the top 7 vegetables you can plant in the fall that will survive frost and freezing temperatures to give you a great backyard garden harvest this year.

These crops need to be planted in August or September in Zones 5, 6, and 7. The 7 crops are:
1. Spinach
2. Carrots
3. Kale
4. Mache
5. Swiss Chard
6. Claytonia
7. Parsley
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[smhollanshead]

The seven vegetable are: Spinach, carrots, kale, mauche corn salad, Swiss charr, claytonia miner’s lettuce, and parsley.

[jasontaverner]

I live in Southwestern Wisconsin. Brought about half my Kale plants from the outdoor garden back inside over Winter. I figured the rest would perish, as we had an especially brutal winter, and they were completely exposed to the elements. But to my surprise, when the 30 inches of snow cover melted, I found every single one had survived even -15 degree temperatures.

[lolaneal]

We discovered broccoli leaves this past year. Steamed, they are every bit as flavorful as the florets.

[lindanwfirefighter]

We built a solar dehydrator for $20. We put our unused kale in it and dehydrate it. After it’s dry it goes into mason jars and lasts for a few years. We add the powder to lots of meals and you don’t taste it but it adds nutrients to your meals. We use our dehydrator all year long. In the summer we use the sun and in winter we open the door and put it close to the wood stove and the heat dehydrates everything. We no longer throw away veggies or fruits that get old we cut it up and dehydrate it. We make raisins for a delicious treat from older grapes.

[Cheleartsanddesigns]

I'm zone 6b and I grow various kales (we make amazing curry or Mexican style kale chips), spinach, winter lettuces, Perpetual Spinach, mustard greens, broccoli made it uncovered till the end of January last year, pak choi, tatsoi, kohlrabi, peas are pretty badass too (I trellis some outdoors and in the greenhouse), broad beans, fava beans, mache, claytonia, carrots, leek, mezuna, beets, some other asian greens I can't remember right now. My sage, oregano and thyme were indestructible last year too. I don't grow collards greens, cabbages or cauliflower but I heard they are cold hardy too. My mache and kale survived uncovered under snow last year and bounced back bigger and more amazing the next spring.

[kathlynblack]

I have parsley, oregano, thyme, society garlic, radishes, lettuce, swiss chard, strawberries, kale, leeks, mint, collards, celery, and asparagus that have made it through the winter. I am in zone 8B. We did have a 4-5 inch snow this year. I will be planting additional plants this next fall.

[cfoley]

I'm in zone 7, and I can tell you cilantro and green onions (scallions) could care less if they outright freeze. They grow ALL winter. Also grow sunchokes, and you can dig them up all winter...the cold makes them sweet! (Just soak before and/or cook in citrus juice, so you don't get gassy.)

[evana]

I'm not a fan of kale either, but I grow it, dehydrate it, then crush it, and use it to sprinkle on soups, salads, etc. I mix it with other dehydrated leafy vegetables and call it my "super greens" powder. Kale has been amazingly hardy throughout the winter for me.

[maydaygarden]

Collards are especially suited to cold. In the South they consider it to best harvested after a frost when it becomes sweeter. I have actually taken mature collards from the market and put them in the freezer for say, 30 minutes prior to washing, stripping and thinly slicing before cooking with some type of ham seasoning. Big difference between frosted and fresh.

[zaneutwo]

I've grown broccoli late and left it all winter. It gave me a second crop in the spring/early summer but the winter crop tasted less bitter.

[sylvialmartel]

cabbages, cau, lflower, Collards and mustard greens, Spinach, carrots, kale, broccoli, Arugula, pak choi, sweet peas and Beets, I also plant a 1/2 barrel of potatoes late, that produce small potatoes all winter long in SE Georgia. I do a lot of mixed salad greens, in window boxes, on my covered porch, and my herbs are in hanging baskets there also. I have had Tomatoes and yard long beans at Christmas. place containers on east side of house. they will do great in filterted light, and next to (like 15 foot away) is a wooded area, that helps to protect so consider a lattice wall to make a wind break enclosed east sided winter garden or next to a tree line, for protection. Most of my gardens plants are in a cut in half food grade 55 gallon drums. Be surprised how much food you can grow this way and at 73 years old now, a lot easier for me. mulch, mulch, with leaves and hay!!! you can always cover all with loose hay when really cold and they keep well, give them a blanket!! I only use fish Emulsion to feed all. I enjoy fresh veggies all year around, even in hottest summers and coldest winters in my area if I choose wisely where to plant. Be Bless.

[redwoodsgal]

I live along the Northern California coast and because I get allot if rain I planted kale inside my small hoop house and it has gone through 3 winters so far and one plant grew to the roof last year on a 2in stem. Amazing. I just go pick what I need each few days for my smoothies

[shellieh]

Turnips, specifically the Purple Top White Globe Turnip, and the seeds are SUPER CHEAP if you buy it as a microgreen, you can get a pound of seed for less than $10. Also, it is an heirloom, so you can collect the seeds year after year if you want to. I planted mine last spring, ate a few, left the rest in the ground all winter (Northern AZ, yep it snows here), and in March they were still going strong. I pulled a softball sized one out and made it into soup greens an all - delicious! Even my dog loved it. I was surprised it survived the heat of summer as well as the winter cold (zone 7). It will now always have a spot in my garden. I like that you can just leave them in the ground and harvest as needed/desired. I use it as a yummy micro green too, and it is the seed I use when trying new growing methods as it is cheap, and I am not super upset if the crop happens to fail... so far it does well in most growing mediums, even the stainless steel soilless. My Dino Kale did better than all my other Kales, but all three survived (Dino, Red Russian/Ragged Jack, Blue Scotch Curly). I even had a few pea plants survive, and they are now flowering. The variety really makes a difference, only my sugar snaps survived. Thanks for the great video that is timeless! God bless!

[roseericson]

Kohlrabi when the weather gets really cool. The leaves get huge and like broccoli are super delish. Zone 6b

[alijones]

I make a straw bale coldframe every fall and I use shower doors as the lids and I have salad all winter long. Yum! Super cheap to make and I recycle the straw into my garden in the spring.

[e.]

Mache (lamb's ear salad) is one of Germany's favourite winter salads (it's called "Feldsalat" which translates into field salad). I'm always amazed that it's fairly unknown in America because it has such a distinct, yet subtle flavour and is such a staple in German grocery stores. Maybe because washing it is such a hassle?
We love eating it with a yoghurt and mustard dressing with (diced onion, ) sliced apples and toasted walnuts. Add honey to be fancy. But it's also very tasty with a vinaigrette.

[sokphyblakeman]

Cabbage is great for growing in the winter. I used to do farming in Maine. We always harvest cabbages around thanksgiving.

[MrLarry]

Good list, . you might add Tatsoi a sweet mustard- grows much like spinach and as cold hardy as spinach. We use it in salad and a stir fry -grows flat with cup shaped leaves in a rosette. Also you need to add Arugula.

[Mariah-mseo]

I live in northern NM, I wintered over my summer crop of Kale and Chard, the low temps got down to 10 Degrees, and it survived and gave me a wonderful healthy spring crop!

[silverrose]

1.40 starts 1- spinach
2- carrots 🥕 3- kale gets sweet 4- mache ( corn salad )
5- Swiss chard 6- miners lettuce 7-parsley
I know peas and Beets, bock Choi, aren’t on their but they do good too.