Fall Gardening Begins

So far I've found the following dates for the average first frost for Minneapolis: 9/20, 10/3, 10/5, 10/13. October 5 seems to be the most quoted date, so we'll go with that.

Today I planted the following seeds:
Early snowball cauliflower
-germinates 7-14 days, matures 65 days (10/27)
Early white vienna kohlrabi
-germinates 6-12 days, matures 58 days (10/20)
Early purple vienna kohlrabi
-germinates 6-12 days, matures 58 days (10/20)
Olympia hybrid spinach
-germinates 5-10 days, matures 45 days (10/7)
Avon hybrid spinach
-germinates 7-14 days, matures 44 days (10/6)
Indian summer hybrid spinach
-germinates 8-10 days, matures 39 days (10/1)
Bright lights swiss chard
-germinates 7-12 days, matures 35+ days (9/27)
Scarlet nantes carrot
-germinates 10-17 days, harvest 70 days (11/1)
Petite & sweet carrot
-germinates 14-21 days, harvest 65 days (10/27)
Purple top white globe turnip
-germinates 5-10 days, matures 50 days (10/12)
Sparkler radish
-germinates in 5-10 days, matures 25 days (9/17)

I also planted small plants of mums and kale and I harvested seeds from my petunias, snapdragons, and dill.