Growing Dome update…CRAZY SWISS CHARD SEED!!

Here’s the video update from the GROWING DOME, as of a few days ago.  An update on the FOOD FOREST is coming soon…

The chard plants are getting enormous..as you’ll see.  I’m waiting for the seeds to mature…before I collect them.  Have you read this book??  It’s such a great tool, if… you want to learn to save your own seeds or just for a good read..!!  It’s packed with great historical references and useful info.  Great book!

It says…that… “SWISS CHARD (Beta vulgaris) stalks can grow a seed stalk 4′ tall and are usually harvested when the majority of the seed clusters have turned light brown.  These seeds have a different structure from other gardens seeds.  Each seed is actually a group of flowers that is fused together by the flower petals. This forms a multigerm cluster which usually contains two to five seeds.” –  Seed to Seed by Suzanne Ashworth

Here’s the cool thing.  The chards in the Dome, are all heirloom varieties, which should have just pollinated each other…. because of the fans…and isolated environment…. resulting in some very cool new strains of

SWISS CHARD….I HOPE!!

Enjoy the tour….it’s time for tomatoes!!!!