This is our row of Swiss Chard.  Grown from seeds!!  These are heirloom seeds, but I didn't collect and save them myself.  Chard takes two years to go to seed, and it's a little too tender to survive our winter.  I haven't ever saved seeds from Chard.  But a $2 pack of seeds lasts a few years.  

 

We planted about 6 or 7 plants this year, and that will be enough to get us through the summer.  We use the young leaves fresh in salads, and the bigger leaves we use like spinach in quiche and lasagna.  

 

Really, I am just happy to see it every morning when I walk in the garden.  It is SO pretty!!!

 

HAPPY  GARDENING!!!