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| Perpetual Spinach before the harvest |
One crop that is new to the garden this year is the
Perpetual Spinach Chard. Perpetual Spinach is a type of Swiss Chard that looks
and tastes a lot like spinach, but doesn’t bolt in the summer heat and is easy
to harvest several times from the same plant.
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| Dinner! |
Just like chard, if you cut only the larger outer leaves the
plant will continue to grow new leaves all summer long. In terms of yield, one 6-7
gallon container can easily produce a meal every week to 10 days for two
people. We have three containers of chard going (2 rainbow and 1 spinach) and
we almost never run out during the summer.
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| After the harvest |
If you plant 5 plants in a square with one in the middle,
there will typically be 3-4 large plants and one smaller plant. As soon as you
harvest some of the greens, the smaller plants doubles of triples in size to
fill the void. With several containers, you can take a few leaves from each
plant across all of them and it won’t look like you even harvested any!
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| Good pattern for planting |
For our first try cooking it, we sautéed it with a touch of
olive oil and some freshly chopped garlic. It was delicious!
Until next time, happy gardening!
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