On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:32:01 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
> wrote:

> On Mar 15, 11:24*pm, sf > wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:29:11 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
> >
> >
> > Do you grow chard too?
> >
> No. Spinach, lettuce, onions, shallots and radishes right now, and
> the strawberries are still there. Later, tomatoes and peppers. We
> also have blackberries, raspberries, cherries (both pie and sweet, a
> peach tree and this year is the first that we might get plums. The
> apples are still two or three years from bearing. Oh, and I put a
> piece of sunchoke into the ground in an isolated area.
> Lots of flowers too, daffodils, tulips, Virginia bluebells, bleeding
> hearts, poppies, peonies, Easter lilies and roses.
>
I grow chard because it likes the weather here and survives on
neglect. It goes well in bean soups, so it's a good winter vegetable
to have around.


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