How To Plant, Grow, And Harvest Swiss Chard

Why should flowers have all the fun? With stems in ruby red, sunshine yellow, and neon pink, Swiss chard brings a whole bouquet of color and nutrition to your garden beds and your dinner plate. This cool-weather super green isn’t just easy on the eyes, it’s easy to grow, too! Swiss chard is a cheerful and dependable garden MVP. Let’s dig into how to grow your own rainbow of leafy goodness!

About Swiss Chard

Similar to beets, Swiss chard’s stems and leaves can be eaten cooked or raw. It is prolific—leave plenty of room in the garden bed! Its mild flavor adds nutrition and color to salads, pasta, pizzas, quiches, sandwiches, and more.

Swiss chard is very easy to grow, incredibly hardy, and a great choice for beginner gardeners. And it looks beautiful in the garden, with broad, thick stems available in colors ranging from pure white to golden yellow and even hot pink!

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Typically grown as a cool-season crop because it grows quickly and easily during the cooler temperatures of spring and fall, chard is quite tolerant of hotter temperatures, too. Its growth will slow down in summer, but chard’s higher heat tolerance makes it a great salad green to grow when it gets too hot out for the others.

Chard is a superfood, high in vitamins A, C, and K. It doesn’t have the bitter taste that many other greens have, and it makes a good substitute for spinach or kale if you’re not a fan of those superfoods.

On top of all its virtues as a garden vegetable, chard is a lovely edible ornamental plant, coming in many different colors to mix with landscaping or in containers. Why, you could even use chard in a vase or bouquet, mixed with flowers, or on its own. Why should flowers have all the fun?