As the seasons change, I’m on a mission to convince you that fall isn’t just a time for tidying up the garden, but a bonus planting season for crops and horticulture. For example, why do we typically plant a bunch of herbs in the spring and then ignore them in the fall, even though fall is a great time to get a few in the ground? No, especially tender herbs like basil and, er, Thai basil won’t thrive, but quite a few herbs are hardy and warm enough to use in these later months.

Here are six herbs you can plant in the fall so you can enjoy them in your cooking in cooler temperatures.

Cilantro haters to the left, please. If you love cilantro (and I do), you know that it tends to bolt in the summer, meaning it’s around for a while, but not for long. That’s why fall is the perfect time to sow some seeds in your beds to get some cilantro growing before the frost. Look for hardy varieties like Caribe.

If I could only choose one herb for the rest of my life, it would be dill. Once you have it growing, you’ll put that stuff on everything. Although varieties like Dukat are cold tolerant rather than hardy, if you’re lucky you can get enough dill in your beds to self-seed, effectively regenerating the bed so that your dill comes back every year. Seriously, do it. It’s one of the best things in my garden.