Blettes in French or
silverbeet in
the Queen's Aussie English. This is one of six or seven plants that remain of our fall crop; they overwintered in the
jardin potager (kitchen garden). They're coming back and should provide us with a couple of decent spring harvests. The leaves are tender and sweet when cooked and the stems are delicious, too. It's best to cook them separately as the stems take a little longer to cook than the leaves.
Chard in the spring garden.
I've planted a row of sweet peas next to these already. One day soon I'm going to put in a row of curly kale as well. But today, while chilly, is clear and dry and I've got to take advantage of that and get the grass cut again.
It's silverbeet in Australian English, but my guess is that it is chard to the Queen.
ReplyDeletesusan, oh, sorry! I'll update the post. :)
DeleteI've always assumed the Beatles used the name Silver Beetles because they liked the pun, which would mean the term was familiar to them.
ReplyDeleteThat had never occurred to me! It may well be silverbeet in regional pockets around the UK -- England especially is like that. However, everyone I knew called it chard and it is most widely known as chard in the UK. I grew up calling it silverbeet in Australia.
DeleteJ'en ai planté l'année dernier, mais pour savoir quelle goût elle a, il faut demander au lièvre géant qui prend le jardin familial pour un restaurant gratuit :-\.
ReplyDeleteAh, the joys of country living.
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