Swiss chard can be harvested when the leaves get large enough to eat and are commonly picked either as fully-grown or baby leaves. Both ways allow you to pick the crop in a way that will keep growing ...

Swiss chard is a hardy, cold-tolerant green that thrives in spring and fall. Water it about an inch per week, and adjust sunlight based on your climate. Harvest the outer leaves regularly to encourage ...

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 ...

This year’s weather has been a big challenge for anyone who is into gardening. From the early spring heat wave, to the late spring freeze and multiple storms with high winds and hail, it has been a ...

Dylan Watson cuts some Swiss chard as he and LSU horticulture students taking a vegetable crops class harvest some of their direct-seeded and transplant vegetables grown in the garden at Hill Farm on ...

Swiss chard is similar to spinach when it comes to taste and ease of preparation. Swiss chard stems can be many colors — looks for rainbow chard at farmers markets with stems in a multitude of hues.

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 ...