Swiss chard is the beginner-friendly veggie your garden needs. Here’s how to plant, grow, and harvest it with ease. Bright, ...

Chard, also known as Swiss chard, is a close relative of the beet. ... There's also a chard called "Fordhook Giant," that has really attractive crinkly leaves.

Swiss chard tolerates warm and even hot weather, and its leaves can easily grow 14 to 18 inches tall. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick) Among the cool-season vegetables we grow from October to early June ...

There is also Rhubarb, which produces red leaves, and the traditional green leaf cultivars Lucullus and Fordhook Giant. If Swiss chard doesn’t sound appealing, many herbs could be grown now also.

George DeVault, owner of Pheasant Hill Farm outside of Emmaus, says butter chard is a nickname for an heirloom variety of Swiss chard called Fordhook giant. DeVault produced a moss-green leaf and ...

2-3 bunches of chard (Rubaud recommends white-stemmed chard, particularly Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard. Colors will bleed from red or rainbow chard during cooking.

Swiss chard — a tall, leafy green with a thick, crunchy stalk and wide, fanlike, glossy, green leaves — is a nutritional standout in the vegetable world. Rediscovered by botanists in the 1600s ...

Swiss chard may be seeded directly in the garden or grown as transplants. Plants should be grown 6 to 12 inches apart, and the leaves can be harvested 45-60 days after sowing the seeds.

Swiss chard is a well-suited Goosefoot crop for Central Texas gardens and is a great choice for beginning gardeners as it’s hearty and forgiving. Chard is brimming with vitamins A, C, ...