24 May 2010

chard

My Swiss Chard has grown so huge the leaves don't fit inside my bowl anymore.

The day after rain is best time to pick slugs off the plants; they're so small but do quite a bit of damage. I got at least ten off the chard patch today. The leaves are big enough though, even with cutting out the parts that have holes there's still plenty. I wash them extra with a bit of soap.

This one plant has started bolting. I don't think I can save chard seed; I just learned that chard and beets are in the same family (one we eat the leaves, the other the root) so they would cross.

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