what to plant? cool and warm season crops

Winter, and the cold weather that comes with it, gives growers the opportunity to plant a group of crops that can tolerate the cold weather. These crops are referred to as cool season crops. The category of cool season crops can be further divided into hardy crops which can tolerate moderate frost and half-hardy crops which can tolerate light frost. Warm season crops can be split into tender crops which are damaged during cold weather and very-tender crops which are easily damaged by light frost. With winter rapidly approaching most of the discussion will be on the cool season crops.

 Below is a table of some representative examples from each category:

Hardy	Half-hardy	Tender	Very-tender
asparagus broccoli Brussels sprouts cabbage collard garlic kale kohlrabi leek mustard onion pea radish rhubarb rutabaga spinach turnip	beet carrot cauliflower celery chard Chinese cabbage globe artichoke Jerusalem artichoke lettuce parsnip potato	cowpea snap bean soybean sweet corn tomato	cucumber cantaloupe eggplant honeydew lima bean okra pepper pumpkin squash sweet potato watermelon

So how does what I have planted in my plot compare to what I should have planted in my plot? As for cool season crops I have garlic, and onion which will all do well with the cold weather. However, I also have pepper, zucchini, snap beans, and okra which could be damage by an early frost. Hopefully these crops were planted early enough to give them time to mature and produce before the first frost. Unfortunately, I do not believe the peppers will produce before the first frosts start in the beginning of November!