this is really interesting. ive recently discovered and added chards into my diet. But, i've never planted my own greens or thought to forage. It always seemed to me that the greens you eat come from the supermarket. I really want to try and grow something .
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In this region, the spring and the fall seasons are both good times to find wild foods, even in cities and developed areas. I've only recently, over the last ten years that is, learned how to grow some of my own food, and I slowly get better at it as I go. Chard does well around here in the colder seasons, the ones in the photo were planted last year, and live in a little greenhouse for now.
a bank around the corner from me has a vertical garden on the sidewalk. I grab greens late at night and they have chard. The funny thing is that I see homeless people walk by it constantly and I've never seen anyone take from it. There is a city garbage can about 6 feet away and they constantly search it for scraps.