I know, I know who hasn’t grown ‘Bright Lights’ Swiss Chard, am I right?
I know , I do it who has n’t produce ‘ Bright Lights ’ Swiss Chard , am I right ? I ’m usually such an adventuress and ca n’t get enough of trying veggie varieties that I have yet to grow . But Bright Lights is such a vibrant and grand performer in the home base garden ! properly down to her show fille people of colour of cerise , orange , gold , pink , regal , yellow and cream – And all things in - between . I also consider it an ornamental , as this is one vegetable that glows in the wintertime garden .
‘ Golden Sunrise ’ is another eye - catcher with its gorgeous orangish - gold vein . If you bed sexy , bright red , ‘ Charlotte ’ may be the one to try . If you ’ve never grown a winter garden , please sample your hand at growing Swiss chard . It ’s one of the easy and most rewarding leafy common .
Swiss chard or Silverbeet is ( obviously ) a cool - season veg that like to be planted in full sun . Like most veggies , it ’s happiest in well - drain soil and likes it productive – so pile on the compost . I ’ve try that many gardener will fertilize them a yoke of multiplication during the growing time of year , but I never seem to get around to that in my winter garden .
If I actually suppose about it this time around , I ’ll just brew up some manure tea . If you do n’t think you ’ll even get around to picking up some manure to brew ( and you do n’t have access torabbit manure ) then just order yourself somemoo poo afternoon tea bags . Pre - packaged tea bags make bestow constituent fertilizer just about as simple as it get .
When the chard reaches about 1 – 1 1/2 feet tall , you could cut off some of the out leaves for the dinner party table . The new parting in the middle will get on and you ’ll be able to preserve harvest . If your Swiss chard end up call in all the escargot in your neighborhood , just toss someSluggoout there . But , if your wintertime garden is under run-in covers , you might get out this trouble all together .
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‘Bright Lights’ Swiss chard is simple to grow and a show-stopper in the winter garden. Photo byeflonunder the Creative Commons Attribution License 2.0.
