A lot of people are attracted the diverse range of colours that different varieties of chard can produce, but a trial of a range of different chard varieties in the gardens last year showed that the more colourful the leaves and stems of the plants are, the less they will produce.
0:00 A really productive crop
1:13 Different ways to grow chard
2:17 A trial of 9 varieties
3:11 Two batches
4:31 Yield and quality
6:45 Death overwinter
8:51 Overall results
10:22 It depends what you want
Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions [ Ссылка ]
Or use [ Ссылка ] as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much!
Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland [ Ссылка ]
More Colour Means Smaller Harvests
Теги
growingvegetablesGIYGYOgrow your ownpermaculturelearninggrowergardenerfarmermarket gardenRED GardensCloughjordanTipperaryIrelandecovillagesustainabilityorganic growingregenerative farmingno-tillresiliencefood securityself-sufficiencyallotmentresearchexplorationlife long learningadaptationpower-downSHTFprepperchardheritage varietiesvarietiesyield