~ Deirdre's Garden Diary ~

:: Swiss Chard ::

“Ruby Red” “Bright Lights” “Orange Fantasia” “Rhubarb Chard”

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
:: 08.11.08 ::

Fall Garden

I’m finally doing a Fall garden this year and have been propagating my own seeds for the first time. I planted these two varieties of chard today. The seeds are funny, not what I expected. They look like stickers with the dangerous pointy ends cut off.

Orange Fantasia Chard
seeds_chard_orangefantasia_small

Seed Depth	Seed Row/Spacing	Days To Germination	Days To Harvest
1/2″	12-18ft	6-10	50-60

This is a new variety with a bright orange veins and stalks with dark green shiny leaves. (SeedsOfChange-MailOrder $2.99/package) .

Rhubarb Chard

Seed Depth	Seed Row/Spacing	Days To Germination	Days To Harvest
1/2″	12-18ft	6-10	50-60

Dark Green leaves with red veins and stalks. Enrich soil with manure compost. Keep soil moist till germination then let the surface dry between watering. Harvest leaves continuously through out the season by cutting and twisting outer leaves away from base of plant.
(SeedsOfChange-MailOrder $2.79/package)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
:: 02.08.08 ::

Bright Lights

New season, new chard. I put out seedlings today of both the red chard like I planted last year (seen in background of photo) and this new bright light yellow. They really add color to the garden. I hope they get bigger than last year’s plants which didn’t get planted early enough and never really got big…although they looked pretty for a long time.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
:: 03.13.07 ::

Still Growing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
:: 02.20.07 ::

Something New

I saw this pretty red chard and couldn’t resist. I haven’t grown chard before and I don’t know what I am going to do with it when it gets bigger, but it’s now in the garden nestled among the straw with the other vegetables. More updates as it gets bigger.