If tomatoes and lettuce are the celebrities of our gardens, then Swiss Chard is certainly the up-and-coming cool new thing. Grown correctly, swiss chard can keep us fed with delicious (and beautiful!) leafy greens through almost the entire year. Unfortunately, as I learned in my own garden, swiss chard is all too often lumped together with other plants like kale, leading to poor growth and disappointing harvests.
In today's swiss chard growing guide, I'll show you exactly how we grow tons of this amazing leafy green for both fresh eating and preserving. Join us!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
42:21 Timing & Starting Swiss Chard Seeds
07:29 Transplanting Swiss Chard and Soil Prep
09:20 Chard Plant Care & Maintenance
11:04 Swiss Chard Harvesting and Issues
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