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Swiss Chard

Best varieties: Bright Lights, Fordhook Giant, Ruby Red, Peppermint

Easy Vegetable ❄️ Frost Hardy 🐾 Pet Safe

🌲 PNW Growing Notes

Almost as hardy as kale in Seattle. Beautiful ornamental AND edible. Tolerates light frost and partial shade.

☀️ Light

Full sun to part shade

💧 Water

1 inch/week

🪨 Soil

Rich, well-drained, pH 6.0–7.0

📏 Spacing

12" apart

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Direct Sow

Apr–Aug

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Harvest

Jun–Nov

Bright Lights variety has stunning rainbow stems—doubles as edible landscaping. Harvest outer leaves for continuous production.

✅ Good Companions

Beans, Cabbage, Onions

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