Chard is one of those great cut-and-come-again greens. Remove outer leaves, avoiding the growing center, and the plant seems to last forever.This is the first time I've planted it so I don't know when it will bolt, or die, or be attacked by summer bugs.
I read in another gardening blog that in their mild-ish, northern-ish climate, chard just goes on and on. We'll see what it does here.
That's a pretty pict.. I'm gardening in the Dallas area, & I grew a Perpetual Swiss Chard plant, that just kept on growing & giving for 3 years! Finally the heat this year did it in.. It had some afternoon shade & plenty of compost that really kept it going..
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