{"id":20215,"date":"2016-11-01T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/?p=20215"},"modified":"2016-10-30T15:46:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T15:46:30","slug":"harvesting-preserving-swiss-chard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/harvesting-preserving-swiss-chard\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvesting and Preserving Swiss Chard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Harvesting<\/a>In my experience swiss chard is incredibly easy to grow. It tolerates the cold well so you can start growing it very early in the spring and have fresh greens even when the weather is still chilly. It handles itself well even in the hot temperatures and lasts well into the return of the cold.<\/p>\n

When the temperatures start to dip and frost is coming more often than not I start harvesting the remainder of my swiss chard so I can preserve it for use in the winter. A cold frame, like I might use for my spinach, simply won’t\u00a0work because chard gets quite tall. In the house and into the freezer it must go.<\/p>\n

But what can you do with frozen swiss chard? Well, you can use the leaves\u00a0much the way you would use\u00a0spinach and the stems can be used the same way you use celery. Here are some ideas for using\u00a0preserved swiss chard…<\/p>\n

Leaves:<\/p>\n