{"id":10851,"date":"2017-03-26T02:42:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T02:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10851"},"modified":"2017-03-25T14:47:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T14:47:18","slug":"swiss-chard-a-vegetable-show-stopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/swiss-chard-a-vegetable-show-stopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Chard a Vegetable  Show Stopper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Swiss Chard Traffic Lights \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6143991771\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6151\/6143991771_5b88939977.jpg\" alt=\"Swiss Chard Traffic Lights\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Autumn sunshine sets off the traffic lights in the vegetable plot. A low angle for the rays of sunshine creates an extra opportunity to appreciate this vegetable. I like the leaf texture and think Chard can look so colourful that I will grow some amongst the flowers for next year.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Swiss Chard Varieties<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ruby Red has stunning deep veins and can be picked young.<\/li>\n<li>Bright Lights is a seed mixture ready within a month.<\/li>\n<li>Lucullus with a clean white stem.<\/li>\n<li>Bright Yellow as it says on the label<\/li>\n<li>Leaf Beet Rhubarb Chard is deep red burgundy coloured.<\/li>\n<li>Leaf Beet Bulls Blood is used as a salad leaf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=chard\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Eating Swiss Chard<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Also called Leaf Beet, Swiss Chard is similar to spinach with a slightly bitter flavour.<\/li>\n<li>Swiss Chard is pungent and tastes slightly salty.<\/li>\n<li>It contains an exceptionally impressive list of health promoting nutrients and is definately one of your five a day.<\/li>\n<li>Both the leaves and stalk of chard are edible, although the stems vary in texture with the white ones being the most tender.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" style=\"width: 747px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/swiss-chard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-363\" title=\"swiss-chard\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/swiss-chard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/swiss-chard.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/swiss-chard-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swiss Chard HC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although Swiss Chard is available throughout the year, its main season as a vegetable in the UK runs from June through August when it is at its best.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/swiss-chard-as-coloured-spinach\/\">From previous posts<\/a><br \/>\n* Swiss Chard is a tall leafy green vegetable with a thick, crunchy stalk that comes in white, red or yellow with wide fan-like green leaves.<br \/>\n* It is ornamental enough to grow in the border.<br \/>\n* Chard is easy to grow from seed and grows upto 18 inches tall and spread.<br \/>\n* Eat and cook Chards like spinach.<br \/>\n* Organic seed is available and if growing it organically watch out for slugs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaf Beet can look colourful if you plants Swiss Chard Traffic Lights or a colourful variety from this range. Easy to grow and tasty with good looks what more do you need<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}