10

Vegetables to Plant in Winter

No Matter Where You Live

If you sow carrots in late summer in a cold frame and mulch them heavily at the end of autumn after they have matured, you can continue harvesting them all winter.

1. Carrot 

Among the most cold-tolerant of winter vegetables, this one is a rosette-forming salad green with a nutty flavor. Sow it in early autumn in a cold frame or grow tunnel for the best results.

2. Mâche

Although you can’t actually harvest garlic in winter, it does “sleep” through part of its growth cycle then.

3. Garlic

Like the carrot to which it is kin, parsnip can safely remain underground during the coldest months for your winter gardening pleasure.

4. Parsnip

When growing winter vegetables like spinach, if you plant enough of the leafy green plant in early autumn in a cold frame or grow tunnel, you should be able to harvest it all winter long.

5. Spinach

One of the vegetables to plant in winter for spring germination, broccoli should be sown ¼- to ½-inch deep in a garden.

6. Broccoli 

Keep in mind that early cabbages can mature in about 2 months, but late types generally require 2 to 4 months.

7. Cabbage 

Cauliflower care and maturation is similar to that of the closely related broccoli. However, it may require blanching if it isn’t a self-blanching variety.

8. Cauliflower 

Sow its seeds ½ inch deep and, later, transplant the seedlings to stand 1 to 3 feet apart depending on the ultimate size of the cultivar you have chosen.

9. Kale 

Since the plants mature quickly, often within 55 to 75 days, lettuce can be grown from beginning to end in a cold frame or under row cover if you prefer.

10. Lettuce

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