Re: [gardeners] Re: Potatoes/spinach
Barbara J. Davis (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:13:07 -0500
> Penny Nielsen wrote:
> >
> > Hi Allen
> >
> > As someone mentioned, its not spinach but swiss chard. I don't know what I was thinking of at the time. In another daze I guess. Actually, none of my spinach sprouted this year. Never had this happen before. Its been a strange year tho as I planted my yellow and green string beans same
day and only the yellow sprouted.
> >
> > Its been a while since I ate the Bright Lights so can't really comment on how it tasted in comparison to other chards. My favourite cooked greens amongst the 3 are still beet greens - yummy.
> >
> > Penny Nielsen
> > Halifax, Nova Scotia
> > Zone 5/6a
> > nielsenp@gov.ns.ca
> Bright Lights, to me, tastes just like the rest of the chards. I've
> grown at least 2 varieties besides Bright Lights (or 5 color as it's
> known in some catalogs). Isn't chard just beet greens or am I thinking
> of some other green?
>
> George
No, George, beet greens are the green tops of beets. Swiss chard
is a separate plant. Both are good, though!
Barbara Davis zone 7/8 southwest of Ft. Worth, TX