Comments on: Bright Lights Swiss Chard http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/bright-lights-swiss-chard/ Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:17:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Top 10 Reasons for Growing Vegetables » Veggie Gardening Tips http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/bright-lights-swiss-chard/#comment-17643 Top 10 Reasons for Growing Vegetables » Veggie Gardening Tips Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:54:22 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/bright-lights-swiss-chard/#comment-17643 [...] 3.Edible Gardens are Picture Perfect – If you believe that a vegetable garden has to be an eyesore think again. Blueberry Bushes, Rainbow Chards, Palm Kales, and Nasturtiums are just a sample of the many edible plants that love posing for the cameras. A veggie garden can be designed to offer just as much beauty, color, variety, and interest to your landscape as any ornamental-only garden. [...] [...] 3.Edible Gardens are Picture Perfect – If you believe that a vegetable garden has to be an eyesore think again. Blueberry Bushes, Rainbow Chards, Palm Kales, and Nasturtiums are just a sample of the many edible plants that love posing for the cameras. A veggie garden can be designed to offer just as much beauty, color, variety, and interest to your landscape as any ornamental-only garden. [...]

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/bright-lights-swiss-chard/#comment-1089 Kenny Point Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:35:58 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/bright-lights-swiss-chard/#comment-1089 Genie, my back yard reminds me of a jungle at times and I had my share of "predators" this year, especially those ferocious <a href="http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars">chard-eating groundhogs</a>!   Ellen, those rainbow varieties and colorful vegetables like Bright Lights Swiss Chard do dress up the garden quite a bit, I also think the unusual colors are a sure sign of the presence of specific health promoting nutrients that make great additions to our diets as mentioned in the article about <a href="http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/colorful-carrots">colorful carrots</a>. Genie, my back yard reminds me of a jungle at times and I had my share of “predators” this year, especially those ferocious chard-eating groundhogs!

 

Ellen, those rainbow varieties and colorful vegetables like Bright Lights Swiss Chard do dress up the garden quite a bit, I also think the unusual colors are a sure sign of the presence of specific health promoting nutrients that make great additions to our diets as mentioned in the article about colorful carrots.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/bright-lights-swiss-chard/#comment-1083 Ellen Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:24:03 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/bright-lights-swiss-chard/#comment-1083 I grew something very similar this year, but I forgot I'd gotten anything special and when the colors started showing up--wow! I had to remind myself I had my youngest at the nursery that day. We got rainbow radishes, rainbow green beans, rainbow chard... She likes her colors! The plants were very pretty. I had them in a spot right outside my kitchen door but had thought to add them to the flower border as well next time they were so pretty. Taste good too! I grew something very similar this year, but I forgot I’d gotten anything special and when the colors started showing up–wow! I had to remind myself I had my youngest at the nursery that day. We got rainbow radishes, rainbow green beans, rainbow chard… She likes her colors! The plants were very pretty. I had them in a spot right outside my kitchen door but had thought to add them to the flower border as well next time they were so pretty. Taste good too!

]]> By: Genie http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/bright-lights-swiss-chard/#comment-1081 Genie Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:38:25 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/bright-lights-swiss-chard/#comment-1081 Kenny, This was a terrific entry, and yet, I had to chuckle. Bright Lights Chard was what I tried to grow this year, and we ended up with a single chard, that then got bitten off by a predator. You can see the story here: <a href="http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/state-of-the-greens">State of the Greens</a> and here: <a href="http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2006/10/07/friendly-swiss-chard-and-gnocchi">Swiss Chard and Gnocchi</a>. But this is good inspiration for next year... :-) Genie Kenny,

This was a terrific entry, and yet, I had to chuckle. Bright Lights Chard was what I tried to grow this year, and we ended up with a single chard, that then got bitten off by a predator. You can see the story here: State of the Greens and here: Swiss Chard and Gnocchi. But this is good inspiration for next year…

:-) Genie

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