How to Plant and Grow Swiss Chard originally appeared on Dengarden. Swiss chard is a member of the beet family and is easy to spot in a garden due to its colorful, prominent midribs and large petioles ...

Question: I have three-year-old Swiss chard seed. Is it still good to plant? Can you talk a little bit about how to grow chard? I've tried but have never grown a nice crop of chard. Answer: The time ...

The name for Swiss chard doesn't necessarily indicate that it originated in the Alpine nation. Rather, it came about to avoid confusion with other plants available to gardeners. According to the ...

Although Swiss chard is easy to grow from seeds planted directly in the garden, transplants purchased from a local nursery will provide the quickest harvest, particularly if you intend to grow only a ...

Your next bunch of rainbow chard can double as a bouquet. For more than two decades, Nadia has been a copywriter, editor, and translator for digital and print in a variety of industries. Her passions ...

Since people are spending more time at home, here is an idea for an activity that everyone can do: Grow some food in a container or in the ground. My mother-in-law, Fran, came up with this idea since ...

There is still time to plant vegetable transplants including broccoli, cabbage, kale, Swiss Chard, mustard greens, ...

Swiss chard is a leafy vegetable that is a great addition to gardens now. It is reliable, productive and should be more commonly planted. An attractive and often colorful plant, some types of Swiss ...

The goosefoot, or Chenopodiaceae family, includes diverse and nutritious species. Here in Central Texas, we have an edible wild variety of the Goosefoot family called lamb’s quarter (Chenopodium album ...

Q. I have an empty spot in my vegetable garden. Is it too early to plant Swiss chard? A. In most Southern California locations, fall is the time to plant Swiss chard, whether started from seed or from ...

One family of plants with an amazing diversity of nutritious and beautiful species is the goosefoot, or Chenopodiaceae, family. Among the goosefoots is quinoa, cultivated for more than 3,000 years in ...