Final Harvest

I finally harvested my chard today. I had let it go, and many of the outer leaves had fallen over. But there was lots of good stuff in there! I cut leaves individually and left the innermost small ones, in case we continue to have mild weather - it could continue to grow for another month! There were some spiders and slugs in there, but I carefully washed each leaf one at a time.

Chard is ridiculously good looking. The dish I made with it was actually kind of bland, just braised with rice and good olive oil. It loses most (but not all) of the color when it cooks. But it made a good substantial side for the other five things I made for dinner (I pretty much spent the whole day cooking).