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How to Plant and Grow Swiss Chard
Unlike spinach, it rarely bolts in hot weather, so it can be harvested through the summer months. Outdoors, Swiss chard isn’t ...
Swiss chard can be picked as either baby leaves, or fully-grown mature ... harvests to consider cultivating include growing arugula, spinach, or kale.
Here, we cook both baby spinach and chopped collard greens with onions, garlic, scallions and olive oil until tender. (Swiss chard or kale would be delicious here too.) The greens are combined ...
Also known as Swiss chard ... “If you use it young enough, it’s similar to spinach without such a mineral-y tang,” Tomlinson said. Chard offers more texture than regular leaf lettuce ...
Swiss chard is in season from June to August ... They are also sometimes used as a substitute for spinach. Both stem and leaves can be sautéed with cream, butter and cheese.
Chard is mainly sown in the spring for picking over the summer, although by protecting the crop with a cloche, leaves can be harvested during autumn and winter. Spinach can either be sown in ...
Fennel, spinach and swiss chard add a hefty dose of vitamins A, C and K, which are important antioxidants that help your body fight damage from free radicals. Not bad for a tasty dinner ...