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This morning after my Albertsons Double Coupon Shopping trip {I’ll post it in a little bit}, I headed out to the garden to transplant all the rainbow Swiss chard I’ve been growing in the greenhouse. Since my winter growing options are limited, I’m just going to go for it and grow anything and everything I Read More >>
This afternoon I planted our front window box. When it comes to long-lasting flowers for your fall containers and window boxes, the pickings are pretty darn slim. There’s cabbage, chrysanthemums, pansies, and violas, that’s about it. If there is one fall plant I absolutely cannot stand it’s those ugly, small, tight chrysanthemums they sell in all the Read More >>
Let me ask you a hypothetical question. Let’s say you have about 25 heads of Rainbow Swiss Chard you need to harvest. You don’t want to eat it {you’ve had your fill} you don’t want to freeze it {you’d rather save the freezer space for berries, beans and tomatoes} and you’ve already given away all Read More >>
This morning I was rather brave and made something I had never tried before. A Rainbow Swiss Chard smoothie. Holy canolies Batman, it is possible to drink your vegetables… and like them too. I felt like I should have been standing in a tree house in Berkeley while I was drinking it, or at the Read More >>
Ding, Ding, Ding, I think I found a winner. Tonight I’ll be serving a tasty Rainbow Swiss Chard Gratin I spotted over on Mama JJ’s blog. With the exception of one ingredient, I had everything on hand. It’s in the oven right now. And man oh man does it smell good. I can’t wait for Read More >>
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