[TnGOP]

I've never tried the swiss chard. When I bought the seeds, I read that it was good as greens in salad, so I thought I'd try it. Further reading said it resembled spinach in taste, which I don't like. I thought I'd add it to the greens we put up for my mom and wife every year. Usually, it's just mustard, collard, and spinach. The chard will add some color and hopefully a little different flavor.

Last year, we didn't think we were going to get any greens (we get them from the state prison where my wife works a farm crew). When we finally did, I called Mom and told her we were bringing greens. She immediately took her LAST HELPING of greens that she had frozen and cooked them up. She was saving them for winter, afraid that there wouldn't be any more. THe next day, she had greens 12" deep in her bathtub, both sinks full, and more waiting. We had 6 huge bags that we just couldn't get to. I hated to waste it, so it went to the compost pile.

[DelaWhere]

Hey, they still let you have a prison farm in TN?

We used to have one in Sussex county but the courts ruled that expecting prisoners to slop hogs, milk cows, fork manure, weed a field were all demeaning, cruel punishments.

Gee, I always was told they built character, responsibility and self-sufficiency.

Makes you question judges judgment when those are banned but picking up the anthropological refuse tossed from car windows along the highway is wholesome and refreshing for the inmates.

[nw_arizona_granny]

We sometimes have to be led to the different greens.

A friend introduced me to the real mixed greens, he gave me a gallon of all the greens he had, pre - chopped and ready to eat, chard, all kinds of oriental greens, radish tops, lettuce, beet tops, turnips, leaf cabbages any thing he could find to add, and it was fantastic eating.

I don’t care for radish or beet tops alone, but love them in a mix, and always throw in some onion leaves in my mix.

Some bean and pea leaves can also be eaten, or even steamed and served with butter.

There is one pea variety, as I recall that you grow to eat the plant, no, I don’t remember the name.

The compost pile is as important as the table food, as it makes what you do eat taste better.

[Wneighbor]

I never tried to grow swiss chard either. I am going to have to get some to try. I know my Grama has cooked it and I have eaten it but I couldn’t tell you what it was. LOL... I like cooked greens so I just ate what she put in front of me and didn’t always know the difference.

But, I have added that to a list of seeds to pick up next time I’m in town. Just wonder if it’s too late to set them out here.