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Swiss Chard Planting
The Charles Ellis GEP group went out to the front yard of the school to plant Kale, Arugula, and Swiss Shard.Our teacher, Ms. Anne, bought plants already in the container and we took them out, planted them, and watered them. My plant is Swiss Shard. -
Swiss Chard Watering
On November 14, The group set out to the front yard of the school and saw that the plants were getting eaten by slugs and squirrels,only on the second day! We had brought water to the rescue! The plants are saved! -
The New Planting Of Spinach for Scarlet
On November 19 2014 we went to the side of our school to Ms. Anne's car. She had a small box of packets of seeds. In the box, the packets were labled: Spinach, Lettuce, Raddishes, and Mustards. I chose Spinach. -
Swiss Chard Measuring
On December 3, we set out to measure the plants. We picked up a pre-kindergarten boy named Trayon. I measured my Swiss Shard since I haven't measured them in a while. Happily, they grew to 7 inches! I'm hoping they'll grow to 10 inches in the future. -
The Moving Of Isa's Raddishes
We went out with a plan in our heads on December 7, 2014. We were very pleased that a class of 5th graders let us use their plant box. We transferred Isa's Raddishes to the new bed (not a sleeping bed) that they let us use. We made a lot of rows. -
The Sad News
On December 11, 2014, we went to the garden to check on the plants. It was a Thursday and the last time we watered them and measured them was the Thursday before that. A whole weekend and 4 days they went without water and measuring! No rain too. I took a peek at my Swiss Chard and saw that it wasn't growing too much..... -
The Christmas Break Shock
On January 6, 2015, we went out to check on our plants on the 1st day back from Christmas break. We all told eachother what we got and what we did for Christmas. We saw that in all that rain, the raddishes got BIGGER and BIGGER! We were so thrilled to watch Jaxon pull out a Raddish; But the raddish wasn't really the right size... -
The Picking and Cooking
On. January 13, 2015, Ms. Anne had brought onions, and Raddishes from the store. We started to dice and mince them on paper plates and sharp Knives that she brought from home. We also went to the garden to cut some kale and Swiss chard for the sautéed stew Ms. Anne had started to cook. We chopped and cut the Swiss chard and Kale. When they were ready, We had a very delicious feast. -
The Transfer Of Abbie's Mustards
On January 22, 2015, we went to the garden with out an idea and came up with one when we were outside. We decided to Transer Abbie's Mustards since they were growing just enough. Also when we were out there, we had brought a plant that was strangely purple. We planted them in the corner of the Raddish (and now mustard) bed. -
The Next Time We Came
On February 3, 2015, we had a couple pit stops to do. We went to mr. Christopher's class to pick up some trowels. We went to water the Swiss chard, arugula, kale, Raddishes, mustards, and the purple plants. We had not gone out in a while because Ms. Anne was teaching us Algebra. It was just me, Isa, and Abbie. We saw a HUGE bag of lovely soil for the plants. We put the good soil ALL AROUND every single one of the plants. -
Fact Two About My Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard's leaves are very nutritious and are good for eating if your are on a healthy diet. -
Fact Three About My Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard has been around for A LOT of centuries, but because of it similarity to other vegetables, such as cardoon, the common names used by cooks over the centuries can be very confusing. -
Fact Five About My Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard also has EIGHT other names such as SilverBeet, Perpetual Spinach, Spinach Beet, Crab Beet, Bright Lights, Seakale Beet, and Mangold. -
Fact One About My Swiss Chard
In some types of Swiss Chard, the leaf stalks are large and are often prepared separately from the leaf blade. The leaf blade can be green or reddish in color; the leaf stalks are very in color, usually white, yellow, or red. -
Fact Four About My Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard is related to beets. Swiss Chard and other beets are Chenopods, a group which is either it's own family Chenopodiac ceae or a subfamily within the Armaranthaceae. Although the leaves of Swiss Chard are eaten, it is the same species as beet root (garden beet), which is grown primarily for its edible roots.
