Its vibrant stalks vary in color, ranging from pink to red to yellow ... Swiss chard requires plenty of water and moist, well-draining soil to maintain its luscious green foliage. Swiss chard will ...

While tolerant of a range of soil types, Swiss chard grows best in well-drained soil rich in organic ... and it graces any garden with tons of golden color. Blooming nonstop from spring through frost, ...

Dig the soil in the spring before sowing, removing big stones, weeds and incorporating plenty of garden compost or well-rotted manure. To sow chard - from mid March to mid May - make a trench 2 ...

the soil in your raised bed will have settled, and you’ll be ready to plant. Keep it simple at first and then expand as you become comfortable with the crops that grow well in your location. Cool ...

• Make a “base plan.” Measure your property with a tape measure or the measuring app on your smart phone. Plot it on grid ...

You can control the color palette by fiddling with soil pH. It’s a fun science experiment and a great way to teach kids about soil chemistry. Be careful when playing around with soil pH.

A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...

The increasing human population is placing greater pressure on soil and water resources and threatening our ability to produce sufficient food, feed, and fiber. As a result, there is a growing ...

Chard is available all year. Look for fresh green leaves and firm stalks with no signs of wilting or discolouration. FAQs about BBC Food ...

Lancaster-based farmer Veronica Petty is a member of The Soil-to-Profit Initiative with the Texas Small Farmers and Ranchers ...

Leaving leaf litter on lawns can benefit overwintering insects, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert said.

Examples of cool-season crops which can be grown in fall and winter in Greater Columbus include lettuce, arugula, spinach, kale, chard ... and plentiful soil moisture. Even during a fall, like ...