The Deri Air
A Blog and Farmcast About a Vegetable Farm and Then Some
Swiss Chard
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Chard (aka Swiss Chard), Crops
Swiss Chard (aka Chard or Silverbeet) is in the same family a beets. I recently learned that it is often called Swiss Chard to distinguis it from French spinach in catalogs back in the 1800s. ...
A Few Items from the First Harvest on 6/15/10
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Chard (aka Swiss Chard), Crops, Garlic Scapes, Hakurei Turnips, Harvest Logs
Our first harvest for the CSA shares went well. In spite of my back being thrown out and a few hitches expected with the first large harvest, quite a bit came in from the fields. With all the cut greens and various veggies that needed bunching, we ended up running ...