chard!

Cut another entire Swiss Chard plant for a meal tonight. My garden path here is almost two and a half feet wide, so you can see how big the plants are!

I think my strategy of cutting the biggest plants, in alternating spaces, is working well. New baby leaves grow up from the stump, and are shaded while they're tender by the bigger, mature plants. Here's the one that started growing anew just a few days ago, it's already much bigger:

 Although I know some recipes use the stems too, we've never eaten those yet. They have a texture that reminds me of celery when I chop them up for compost.