Sunday, May 18, 2008

Giant Swiss Chard


I pulled this sucker out of the garden today. The Swiss Chard, not the monkey. How are we going to eat all of this.?
Does anyone need any?


Baby Monkey had to get in on the act too. Ignore his fashion disaster.
Posted by Picasa
Posted by at

22 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 18, 2008 at 5:47 PM

    YOU NEED THERAPY!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 18, 2008 at 6:06 PM

    But Why meme?

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownMay 18, 2008 at 6:08 PM

    Wow. That's one giant chard. So I guess that wasn't the cabbage patch then? The plant looks like it may have been big enough to hide a monkey of that size!

    Fashions disaster? You should see my kids. That was nothing, at least both of his pieces of clothing contain red.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 18, 2008 at 6:47 PM

    Hi cinj, it was big wasn't it. But cinj, he is wearing stripes and a print.

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousMay 19, 2008 at 6:01 AM

    HOLY CRAP! That is HUGE! Good growin, deb.

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousMay 19, 2008 at 8:45 AM

    I agree with Shala... HOLY MOLY!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 19, 2008 at 12:59 PM

    I love the shock and aw. Thanks guys.

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousMay 19, 2008 at 2:01 PM

    Don't get me wrong: I'm not comparing children to pets. But I have to say that when I'm taking photos in the garden or wherever, my dogs always manage to get in the picture too!
    Brenda

    ReplyDelete
  9. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 19, 2008 at 3:30 PM

    Brenda, that's okay go ahead and compare kids to pets. After all, I call my boys monkeys.

    ReplyDelete
  10. UnknownMay 19, 2008 at 5:25 PM

    That's nothing! At least the colors somewhat match. You should see some of the combinations they have come up with.

    Son wore a dark blue, black, red, and yellow flannel plaid pants with purple t shirt, and orange socks. I'm wishing I had taken a picture of it, but I was so mortified I just couldn't bear it. It was a few years ago though so I don't even have the clothes any more.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 19, 2008 at 6:03 PM

    Wow that is a combination.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Sherry at the ZooMay 21, 2008 at 3:52 AM

    Wow! Is that real?? It looks real....I didn't know it could get that big! Do you think maybe you should have pulled that up a bit sooner? LOL!

    ReplyDelete
  13. AnonymousMay 21, 2008 at 4:58 AM

    OMG!!! And here I thought MY chard was getting big! Yowee zowee! Whatever are you going to do with that, shred it and freeze it (after blanching)? Or donate it to the compost gods?!!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 21, 2008 at 7:28 AM

    Hi Sherry, yes it's real. Yes we should have pulled it up sooner.

    OFB, we blanched and froze the tender leaves the rest went to the bunnies.

    ReplyDelete
  15. AnonymousMay 21, 2008 at 7:42 AM

    Holey Cricket!!! That's amazing! I guess they do everything bigger in Texas. -Jen :)

    ReplyDelete
  16. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 21, 2008 at 8:47 AM

    Hi jen, it did get big.

    ReplyDelete
  17. tinaMay 21, 2008 at 5:21 PM

    Do let us know what you do with it all!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 21, 2008 at 8:18 PM

    Hi tina, eat it of course. Well until we are sick of it then feed it to bunnies and compost pile.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Silvia Hoefnagels . Salix TreeMay 25, 2008 at 2:09 AM

    Wowsie! I had no idea chard could get that large.
    By the way, I like baby monkey's fashion statement, I love throwing together patterns, he apparently does as well.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 25, 2008 at 11:55 AM

    Salix tree, why thank you, as pretty as your art work is that is quite a compliment.

    ReplyDelete
  21. Monica the Garden FaerieMay 27, 2008 at 7:12 PM

    Aye carumba, that IS one large chard!! What did you end up doing with it?
    ~ Monica

    ReplyDelete
  22. Aunt Debbi/kurts momMay 28, 2008 at 10:20 AM

    Hi monica, we ate some,the rabbits ate some, I froze some, and some went into the compost.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)