swiss chard

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At least I will have chard in my garden this year.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 1 Sep 20

While one of my daughters is eating her own lettuce, my other daughter shows me how the blossoms of her broccoli grow. My lettuce never came out and in this moment the only thing I have from my garden is arugula and bunch...

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I would gladly share our bounty with all of you!

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 10 Jul 16

Yesterday we took stock of our garden and wound up harvesting tons of Swiss card, quite a few yellow squash, carrots, green beans and a few tomatoes. This morning we took a closer look at one tomato plant and found several...

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The fruits of our labor ....

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 13 May 16

....or I should say the veggie of our labor! We planted 6 Swiss Chard plants and today the leaves were just the right size to pick. That pile of Chard came from just two plants. As in the last two years, the garden is...

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Well, it's all dead and gone....

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 15 Nov 15

The lovely volunteer sunflower is dead. The lettuce is dead. The Swiss Chard is dead. May they rest in peace. We can't shed tears for any of them because they served us well. A few dollars worth of lettuce seeds and we ate...

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Do you like Swiss Chard?

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 8 Nov 15

I haven't talked much about our garden so a little history: We downsized gardens last summer. We had a raised bed built and it's just 8 x 16 and it's filled with mushroom mulch. We were shocked at how much that small raised bed...

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The Swiss Chard is still producing!

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 17 Oct 15

We are down to lettuce and swiss chard in the garden. I thought I would pick just a little for dinner, it turned out I picked enough for several dinners. We already have a ton of this in the freezer but I will probably be adding...

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What's for dinner at your house tonight?

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 12 Sep 15

I decided to go the easy route today - burgers on the grill. I have 'special' burgers. I cannot eat or tolerate any grease whatsoever. We buy an eye round roast and my husband uses his professional size meat grinder to make my...

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How does your garden grow?

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 28 Aug 15

Ours grows like wildfire! Right now we are on the down side of the garden as August melds into September. We have new lettuce that should be ready to pick in a week or so. We have two new tomato plant that could produce a few...

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What on earth is "Swiss Chard"?

artsyfartsygypsy @artsyfartsygypsy (755) • Canada 3 Apr 10

I saw a picture f it and it looks like a leafy green type of lettuce with a yellow thing on it. It's supose to be healthy. Has anyone had it? Does it taste good? Is it just like lettuce? Is it expensive?

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