THESE are the Cold Season Crops You Need This Fall! - The Best Veggies!

Welcome back to Bountiful Gardens! As you can see, our enormous selection of pumpkins, squash and winter gourds are here to adorn your porches and shine at the dinner table!

Browse through our sea of Cabbages, sporting some Fall color.

In this post, you'll learn:

• Everything you need to know to have the most diverse Fall veggie garden around!

• About different crops that thrive as temperatures start to drop

• Suggestions for flavors and aesthetic beauty

• We have the largest selection of Fall veggies in New Jersey!

We have an enormous assortment of hard to find decorative and deliciously edible pumpkins and gourds!

You know, as we head into Fall, it can be easy to start feeling those end-of-Summer blues. But if vegetable gardening is your passion, you’ll be excited to know that this is the best time of year to get a second round of veggies in the ground! 

Fill your garden with the freshest, most sought after greens!

In this video, we’ll be going over some of the best cold season crops you can plant today and harvest all the way through our first frosts. Let’s get to gardening! 

Looking for a crunch? We have TONS of lettuce varieties for your salads and sandwiches

Since the weather is cooling down a little bit, it’s time to plant your Lettuce, and we have SO many varieties to choose from! 

Onions make almost any dish better with their bulbs and greens

Onions serve many purposes in the cold season garden. You can grow them for the onions themselves, and you can also use the fresh greens in salads, soups and as a tasty garnish. They also repel deer since they’re in the Allium family. 

Grow your own healthy Brussels Sprouts!

Brussels Sprouts are one of our favorite cold season vegetables. They produce mini cabbage-like heads along their stem that are incredibly tasty. 

Bring some depth of flavor with fresh-cut Parsley from your garden.

Parsley is another great herb to add to the cold season vegetable garden, as temperatures are cooler so it grows more densely. It’s also a great food source for the Black Swallowtail butterfly, giving them the energy they need to make their Winter chrysalises. 

Explore a variety of flavors with our salad blends!

If you’re looking for variety in your salad, we have mixed greens available that will introduce brand new flavors to your leafy greens! These mixes include crops like Arugula, Mustard, Lettuce and more! 

Smudge away any bad vibes with your very own fresh Sage plants

Sage is a fantastic herb to add to your cold season vegetable garden. Not only is it perennial in New Jersey, it’s also very cold hardy and gets more and more silvery as the temperatures drop. 

Add a peppery spice to a salad with Radishes

Radishes are a great cold season vegetable! They boast a spicy and nutty flavor and they’re incredibly crisp, making them great for your salads. 

Boost your nutrients with fresh Kale!

Kale is an extremely nutrient dense green that is great cooked or raw. 

Whip up some salsa verde with fresh Cilantro!

Just like Parsley, Cilantro is great to plant this time of year because with the cooler temperatures, it grows more densely and is less prone to bolting. 

Enjoy the sweet crunch of Pak Choi in a stir fry

Pak Choi (Boy Choy) is a great cold season cooking green. Our favorite way to cook it is with a little bit of oil, some garlic and some salt and pepper to really appreciate the flavor of the leaves. 

Fennel is a flavorful host plant for Black Swallowtail butterflies

If you want to add an extra food source for Black Swallowtail butterflies in your cold season garden, you can plant some Fennel. It’s actually perennial here in New Jersey, so you and the butterflies can enjoy it for years to come. 

Don't forget to plant your Broccoli!

Broccoli needs no introduction. It’s a great cold season vegetable that we all know and love! 

Roasted Cauliflower is a hearty Fall favorite

Cauliflower is a great cold season crop. They produce a crown that is much more dense and differently colored than their counterpart, broccoli. 

Swiss Chard is a colorful feature plant that you can eat!

 Planting big leafy greens like Swiss Chard is a great way to add variety and color to your cold season garden, plus you can harvest it right before winter and freeze it to use for soups and stocks.  

There's nothing like a sweet cabbage harvested after the first few frosts

Cabbage is a vegetable that loves the cold. In fact, if you grow it in colder conditions, when you harvest it, it’ll be sweeter! 

Kick up your next salad with Arugula!

Arugula is a great cold season cutting green, and with a spicy flavor, it’s sure to keep you warm this Fall. 

Brew your own teas with a swath of Peppermint in the garden

Peppermint is another great herb to add to your cold season garden, as it helps to repel deer and pests from the rest of your veggies. Plus, you harvest right before winter and cozy up with a nice cup of peppermint tea. 

Bring Australia to New Jersey with hardy Silver Dollar Eucalyptus.

For a medicinal herb that you might not think is perennial, you can plant Eucalyptus. It’s actually very cold hardy here in New Jersey—you just cut it back at the end of the season and it comes back year after year. You can use the stems for aromatherapy in the shower, or in arrangements! 

Explore an exotic veggie with Kholrabi!

Many people think Kohlrabi is a root vegetable, but its bulb is actually a modified stem! It has the flavor of cabbage and a broccoli stem, which makes it great for roasting as it will absorb the flavors of anything around it. 

A Swallowtail caterpillar munching its way through some Bronze Fennel

So don’t let your mood drop with the temperature–come pick up some of these fantastic cold-hardy crops and enjoy bountiful harvests through the holidays! 

Pumpkins and gourds galore!

And while you're here, be sure to check out our huge selection of Fall annuals, perennials, pumpkins, gourds, decor and more. If it has to do with Fall, rest assured we’ve got it all. 

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