This is the journal of my endeavours to grow a range of fruit, veg and flowers from seed, grow organically, and my attempts to create a personal paradise with 1/2 acre of maintained gardens and 1/2 acre wild meadows. Northern Ireland's average daily high temperatures are 18 °C (64 °F) in July and 6 °C (43 °F) in January. Soil type: Clay

Monday, 1 November 2010

Chard Bright Lights

I recently cut back three everlasting sweetpea plants I had growing across a fence, and I discovered some overlooked chard plants that were growing underneath the masses of sweetpea greenery. I love the colours of Chard Bright Lights.

I planted the Chard seeds straight into the ground (as per instructions on the pack) back in May and they've survived an extremely large slug/snail population & are still growing well.

Variety: Chard Bright Lights, Mr Fothergill's, 150 seeds, £2.29
 
Chard Bright Lights

Young leaves can be eaten in salad; bigger leaves and stems can be steamed like spinach or I like to put them in casseroles and stews like cabbage.
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4 comments:

  1. Mark Willis1 November 2010 at 14:37

    What a pleasant surprise! I'd serve the stems lightly steamed, like asparagus, then dressed with melted butter and freshly-ground black pepper.

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  2. fer2 November 2010 at 22:42

    They are so colorful! i hope they are yummy too.

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  3. Priscilla @ Homegrown Delight5 November 2010 at 17:45

    Lovely Swiss Chard! Mine was consumed by the deer as you know, good thing I can always start over with my garden. I love Sautéed Chard with onions, butter, white wine, and Parmesan cheese, yummy! I look forward to seeing your chocolate apple crumble, sounds delicious. Have a great weekend! :)

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  4. Mark Willis6 November 2010 at 00:25

    What's this chocolate apple crumble then?? Are you going to do a blogpost about it? I hope so.

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