what veggie for innattentive gardener?

**Early Bird** · 05-08-2010, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by larabelle

CHARD, CHARD, CHARD...and did I mention chard. Easiest stuff to grow and very low maintenance.

I bought some chard plants today. IF I can keep it alive, how do I use it?

**Missy** · 05-09-2010, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Early Bird

I bought some chard plants today. IF I can keep it alive, how do I use it?

i saute it with some green onions and some butter for a few minutes until the chard is wilted (like spinach) and serve as the vegetable or add some crumbled bacon and serve as the main course. Sort of like a hot green salad.

**TheRootedNomad** · 05-09-2010, 07:22 AM

If you eat tomatoes the "sweet 100s" can fend for themselves better than any other tomatoe plant I've ever seen. I planted 2 in the flower bed at our first house and had them running out my ears without ever doing anything to them. (I didn't water regularly either). They also came back in triplicate the next couple of years where I must have missed a couple that fell off and planted themselves.

**mek42** · 05-09-2010, 10:10 AM

How big are the sweet 100 tomatoes? I'd rather have full-size tomatoes than grape or cherry sized.

**Contrary Housewife** · 05-09-2010, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Early Bird

I bought some chard plants today. IF I can keep it alive, how do I use it?

Just like spinach. It has a milder flavor but you still don't want the leaves to get overly large. Bigger than a shoe and they start to get bitter.

**mndtrp** · 05-18-2010, 01:38 AM

Green onions

Throw out the seeds in Fall, harvest some time in Spring/Summer.

**Early Bird** · 05-18-2010, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by Contrary Housewife

Just like spinach. It has a milder flavor but you still don't want the leaves to get overly large. Bigger than a shoe and they start to get bitter.

Do you eat it raw? Or always cooked?

**ladytoysdream** · 05-21-2010, 07:14 AM

Well you can do what my hubby did. Plant the rows the correct width so he can get down between them with the rototiller

We have corn, peas, onions, garlic so far. Have to add a few more things soon, but just waiting on the last frost to hit. We seem to get one in June, never fails.
I still want to put in tomatoes, regular peppers, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower. My cold crops should have been in already.

We got a nice yard wagon that we can put water buckets in to move to the garden area. It can be pulled by hand or with our kubota. I got some 5 gallon size water jugs with caps, from the dollar store recently. Last year we got too much rain, so hoping this year is a bit better weather wise.

**mek42** · 05-21-2010, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by ladytoysdream

... our kubota. ...

/me coveting my FV neighbor's tractor

After we move, if we end up with some land we're going to start saving up for a used Kubota and periodically check the used tractor market for deal on other (older) reliable models.