Chard and Marigold, originally uploaded by brunom.
I have to say that one of the most robust plants we have growing in the beds at the moment are the rainbow chard plants. With beautiful yellow, white or deep red stems they are visually quite stunning, as well as delicious when stir fried.
In comparison to the lettuce we planted, the chard seems to be not as attractive to the numerous caterpillars we often get. OK, sure, we get caterpillars eating our chard too, but it seems they’d far prefer a nice marigold or a soft lettuce leaf than the spinachy goodness of chard!