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Nick has a load of chard seedlings in root trainers and
they desperately need
planting out, as the roots are now matted together! I
don't have time to put
out the brassicas yet as they need to be protected from
pigeons, butterflies
etc.

If I put the chard out with no protection, will they
survive, or will I come
home to find pink skeletons?

(as you may have guessed, it's not something I've grown
before!)


Nothing much seems to eat chard, it's the last preference
any slugs or bugs have, and pigeons won't deign to eat it.
The only thing I've noticed is that from time to time some
little caterpillar hollows out the space between the sides
of a leaf . It's a great thing to grow over winter, and it
self-seeds as well (saving you work). If you take
Warfarin, it's very good for keeping your INR down. I made
chard pancakes again today, it's a real staple in our
family. Here's the recipe:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...er-recipe-roti

I substitute dill seed ground in a mortar for dill weed
which we don't normally have to hand.

someone