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Swiss Chard - Green variety Beta vulgaris |
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| Certified Organic Swiss Chard Seeds- grown
right here at our farm! Sorry, not available for retail sales in 2005
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We have been growing our own Swiss Chard here
at our New Hampshire farm in a zone 4 to 5. It is also an excellent and
popular farm product at the local farmers' markets but must be picked
that very day and kept in coolers before selling.
The 6-9 inch leaves are steamed and used like spinach or they can be eaten raw in salads or sandwiches when young and tender. We like to steam lightly and add a vinaigrette dressing! Swiss chard is a biennial plant which produces seed heads in its second year. It must be protected from the cold and over-wintered with a thick mulch if you plan to grow your own seeds. In the first year it produces leaves which keep growing all season long and as long as you keep picking them it will keep producing!
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