Chard: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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GBP 77 - 145 The Lordleaze Hotel And Restaurant
 The Lordleaze Hotel is the only 3-star hotel in Chard with its own restaurant and bar with real log fire. The hotel offers free parking and free Wi-Fi… MoreGBP 50 - 65 The Haymaker Inn
 The restaurant, bar and en suite accommodation at The Haymaker Inn are in a tranquil area of outstanding beauty, 2.5 miles off the A303 /A30 Ilminster… MoreGBP 65 - 110 Shave Farm
 This 200 year old farmhouse is set amidst beautiful countryside on a dairy farm, just off the A303 and Ilminster, near Chard.
Shave Farm offers a fam… MoreGBP 62 - 97 Hornsbury Mill
 In 5 acres of peaceful, landscaped water gardens, deep in the heart of Somerset, this charming 19th- century watermill combines beautiful original fea… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chard: Guide
Chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla), also known as Swiss Chard, Silverbeet, Perpetual Spinach or Mangold, is a leaf vegetable, and is one of the cultivated descendants of the Sea Beet, Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima. While used for its leaves, it is in the same species as the garden beet, which is grown primarily for its roots.
Chard has shiny green ribbed leaves, with stems that range from white to yellow and red depending on the cultivar. It has a slightly bitter taste. The leaves are generally treated in the same way as spinach and the stems like asparagus. Fresh young chard can also be used raw in salads.
Cultivars of chard include green forms, such as 'Lucullus' and 'Fordhook Giant', as well as red-ribbed forms such as 'Ruby Chard', 'Rainbow Chard', and 'Rhubarb Chard'.
Modern cladistic botanical taxonomic systems such as that of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group place chard and the other beets in family Amaranthaceae, but the older systems more likely to be encountered in horticulture|horticultural sources place them in a family Chenopodiaceae.
Cultivation
Chard will grow in ordinary garden soil but, like beets, it is best to keep the pH above 6. It may be planted in rows or in beds similarly to spinach but is not susceptible to bolting and can tolerate both hot and cold conditions. Individual well grown plants can become quite large, with leaves two feet tall, but crowded plants will still produce well. Of especial value for the home gardener is that the plant can be harvested, leaf by leaf, well into the fall and even after the first frosts.
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