You know how "Algarve' and "Portugal " my beloved polytunnels plastic were ripped and torn by the Atlantic gales?
We still haven't got round to building my new sturdy potting shed/man cave yet.
I bought quite a few of our vegetable seedlings in trays from a garden centre up in County Kerry. Their vegetable plantss are excellent.
Unfortunately they had not labelled the seedlings and veg plants. I had even remembered to bring my Lidl reading glasses with me
Old Clever Clogs (me) jumped in with my size 11 boots and picked what I thought (" I taught I saw a puddy tat") were beetroot.
I have been watching them growing with caution and wondering why no beetroots were not forming under the leaves?🤔
I was weeding the repurposed plastic tanks yesterday and the penny finally dropped:
"They're Swiss chard".
Yes I know they are related to each other in the vegetable family. Same factory, different department:
Swiss chard with some Nasturtiums invaders.
Anyone else grow Swiss chard? Do you eat it raw or cook it? I believe it's a good idea to cut out the hard spine before cooking or eating it?
I eat young tender chard fresh in salads, steam or stir fry mature leaves and stalks (chopped and precooked a little but still have texture). Also enjoy 'perpetual spinach', a non bolting heat resistant chard almost to winter. Healthy stuff, since I can't eat kale. Enjoy your blog! Kris in Ohio
ReplyDeleteHi Kris. Thanks for the Swiss chard advice. I have read that you will get three crops if you cut it back and let it grow again. I like kale, swedes, leeks and Brussel sprouts in winter.
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