Cold-hardiness

 
 
I just wanted to ask a few questions about cold-hardiness.  (I'm Zone 6 but my sputhern-sloped wind-protected front yard is more like Zone 7.)
 
 
- Can I plant peas, spinach, and beets --- I'm talking about seeds---- right in the ground as soon as the soil can be worked, 2 months before the last average frost date?  Will they  survive below-freezing nights and come up anyway?
 
- Do I need to protect them?  Hot-caps or whatever?
 
- Are there any other veggie seeds I can do this with?
 
- Where could I see a chart or a list of cold-hardiness in common vegetable garden plants?
 
I'm itching to get started.  Itr's 70 degrees here today.  But it was 29 last night.
 
Ears perked,
 
Julianne Wiley
Upper East Tennessee
USDA Hardiness Zone 6/7 (hope springs eternal)
 
 
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