Seedling anxiety

Watching the emerging seedlings from Sunday afternoon plantings it occurred to me that we have only about 6-8 weeks before the traditional first frost of the season.  Of course with the weather we have had this year we might be looking at an Election Day frost here in the North Country.  In which case the beets will be the size of baseballs and we'll be making borscht all winter.  I doubt the season will last that long, but who knows....