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9 Easy Veggies To Plant In Fall And FORGET All Winter — Key Takeaways

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9 Easy Veggies To Plant In Fall And FORGET All Winter

Epic Gardening16mOct 8, 2026

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Plant garlic 4–6 weeks before first frost under 4 inches of mulch and you can ignore it completely until spring harvest.

Key takeaways

Cold converts plant starches to sugars, acting as natural antifreeze

Cold converts plant starches to sugars, acting as natural antifreeze

  • Stored starch→sugar conversion lowers freeze point, letting plants survive frost
  • This is why leafy greens, carrots, and kale taste noticeably sweeter after frost

Plant garlic cloves 4–6 weeks before frost, 3in deep, 6in apart

Plant garlic cloves 4–6 weeks before frost, 3in deep, 6in apart

  • Hardneck garlic survives to -40°F; softneck is the safe pick for zone 6+
  • Refrigerate hardneck garlic ~1 month pre-plant in warm climates like San Diego

Pick storage cabbages (tight heads) — loose leafy ones freeze and die

Pick storage cabbages (tight heads) — loose leafy ones freeze and die

  • Cabbage liquefies below 10°F unless heads are tightly wrapped
  • Copenhagen Market and Red Acre have tight wraps and resist splitting

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In this video

  1. 1mIntro
  2. 2mGarlic
  3. 3mSpinach
  4. 4mLeeks
  5. 5mCarrots
  6. 8mCollard Greens
  7. 9mRadishes
  8. 11mKale
  9. 12mCorn Salad Mache
  10. 14mCabbage

“When kale experiences cold weather... it softens, it sweetens, it becomes delicious, and you will truly love to eat it.”

— Jacques

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