General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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December 5, 2008 | #1 |
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My winter kale and chard
I cant grow lettuce, spinach, kale, chard, arugula, mache, etc during the spring or summer because of our heat. So I grow them outside and in the greenhouse during the late fall and winter. My kale and chard are beautiful now and Rosalina and I dont let them get too big-we like them not full size to harvest and put in soups, or stir-frys, or just saute with oilive oil and garlic. The first photo is a Portugese Kale, the second is an Italian chard.
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December 5, 2008 | #2 |
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Michael -- Great looking greens! What's the difference between Swiss Chard and Italian Chard?
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December 5, 2008 | #3 |
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sherry i grew Swiss Chard in a 4x4 meter block for seed last season, as a result the residual seed pops up every where,the beans in the photo are due to be weeded next week along with the Swiss Chard in the photo
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December 6, 2008 | #4 |
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Richard, the birds plucked out most of my Swiss Chard babies last year, so I had very little. And I do love Craig's recipe for Swiss Chard Tart, which we had only once last year. Darn birds! A 4 x 4 meter block would be quite a lot.
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December 6, 2008 | #5 |
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Richard, don't be sad about the volunteers, pull it up and cook it so it won't go waste .
I had lots of Oriental vegetable volunteer and several other leafy vegetables (plus squash,tomato and pepper/chilies)...no problem, either end up on our dining table or go to the compost bin... |
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Your Kale look yummy, you can use the young leaves in the salad too...ohh I am hungry...
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December 6, 2008 | #7 |
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Sherry-I was unclear-the seed is from growitalian.com and its a chard from Puglia. Chard and Kale are so good, and the nutritional content is so good also. I may try and grow Chard in the shade nest spring, cause we really miss it during the hot months. We like to juice it also-but you need to grow a lot to use it for juice.
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December 6, 2008 | #8 |
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One of my favorite kales is Dwarf Blue Curled Vates. I can keep it going for most of the fall and winter here and it often starts up again in the spring. I like to pull of a handful to eat right on the spot when I go out to the garden in the fall/winter. I have not tried to grow it during the summer here--I think it wouldn't do that well in the heat.
My fall chard got eaten by bunnies.
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Ruth-Those are some happy bunnies!
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December 16, 2008 | #10 |
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Tell me more about the Portuguese kale. I love kale, especially in the winter. I grow dinosaur (or Tuscan or black) kale, red Russian kale, and walking kale (aka tree collards) year-round.
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December 16, 2008 | #11 |
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Habitat-I got it from Seeds from Italy. Its pale green, and we saute it whole, stems and all. Excellent taste. What else can I tell you?
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