Beet family, successfully settled in Europe and Russia, are numerous. Not all of its representatives chosen habitat fields and gardens. Most will appreciate. Modern botanists has 11 wild species of beet, and only 2 cultivated.
The free family root vegetable settled on the Mediterranean and Central Asia, settled in the Crimea and the Caucasus, well settled in the Balkans and in France, seen in the UK and Scandinavia.
God is with him, with a free narodtse. Let's talk about our friends, our nurse, beet leaf and root crop common. Nomadic life, by the way, for the latter was not in vain, and now scientists share its two subspecies - Europe and Asia.
Mangold, or leaf beet, is not so widely known in our area, as Root relative. Essential products for today "fruit" Mangold - leaves - do not believe. But look at the Swiss chard with silvery leaves. What a dandy, though in the garden raise it! And it is not only his dignity.
Among the varieties Mangold distinguish two varieties, and leaf petioles. Large and bubbly leaves petioled varieties attached to a broad petioles silver, red, purple or green. Sheet chard chose a different specialization, and provides us with long, up to 40 inches, smooth or wavy leaves with narrow petioles.
Between the strong family attachment, and therefore almost no competition. If a large young leaves Mangold sheet prepared at the table at the beginning of summer, the petioled varieties are in no hurry, and wait until mid-August, as we shall be satisfied with the gifts of a more bright-eyed little brother.
Tender, tasty and useful as the leaves and petioles. Brady Bunch knows what to offer. And there, and there is full of vitamins, micro and macro. For food use chard in salads, borscht and vegetable ragout, raw, boiled or fried form. The taste of words can not convey, try. More details about Swiss chard can be read in the article by Irina Lukyanchikov.
The main advantage of the most famous sisters - beet - it is the time hiding in the ground. Root vegetables weight, it happens to almost a kilogram, a two-year plant produces its right, in the first year of life, not fish or cut bait. A hurry, taking care of us.
In the dark-red, burgundy or red-purple fruit of many utilities that he attributed in ancient times, even mythic dignity, for example, in the traditions of the Balkan peoples claimed that the use of beets for human consumption shall be saved from the plague.
Plague - Plague is not, but beet really helps to fight many diseases, not limited to the positions of valuable food crops. In roots contain vitamins, sucrose, cellulose, organic acids and many, many things.
In this age when people die in the basically not the plague, and from cardiovascular disease, beet is ready to mass delivery to our table pectins, lowering blood glucose and cholesterol levels, and normalizes digestion. Betaine facilitates the work of the liver, prevents its fatty degeneration. Potassium regulates the water-salt metabolism, iron and cobalt helps with anemia.
Many of which can be useful beets, but perceive it as a panacea and there kilograms - not worth it. Nutritionists argue that the optimal rate - 150 grams per day. At the same time note that nitrogen in the roots accumulates unevenly. Most "scary" nitrates "inches and roots, at the top and bottom of the root. The discrepancy with midway can be 8-9 times.
God is with him, with a free narodtse. Let's talk about our friends, our nurse, beet leaf and root crop common. Nomadic life, by the way, for the latter was not in vain, and now scientists share its two subspecies - Europe and Asia.
Mangold, or leaf beet, is not so widely known in our area, as Root relative. Essential products for today "fruit" Mangold - leaves - do not believe. But look at the Swiss chard with silvery leaves. What a dandy, though in the garden raise it! And it is not only his dignity.
Among the varieties Mangold distinguish two varieties, and leaf petioles. Large and bubbly leaves petioled varieties attached to a broad petioles silver, red, purple or green. Sheet chard chose a different specialization, and provides us with long, up to 40 inches, smooth or wavy leaves with narrow petioles.
Between the strong family attachment, and therefore almost no competition. If a large young leaves Mangold sheet prepared at the table at the beginning of summer, the petioled varieties are in no hurry, and wait until mid-August, as we shall be satisfied with the gifts of a more bright-eyed little brother.
Tender, tasty and useful as the leaves and petioles. Brady Bunch knows what to offer. And there, and there is full of vitamins, micro and macro. For food use chard in salads, borscht and vegetable ragout, raw, boiled or fried form. The taste of words can not convey, try. More details about Swiss chard can be read in the article by Irina Lukyanchikov.
The main advantage of the most famous sisters - beet - it is the time hiding in the ground. Root vegetables weight, it happens to almost a kilogram, a two-year plant produces its right, in the first year of life, not fish or cut bait. A hurry, taking care of us.
In the dark-red, burgundy or red-purple fruit of many utilities that he attributed in ancient times, even mythic dignity, for example, in the traditions of the Balkan peoples claimed that the use of beets for human consumption shall be saved from the plague.
Plague - Plague is not, but beet really helps to fight many diseases, not limited to the positions of valuable food crops. In roots contain vitamins, sucrose, cellulose, organic acids and many, many things.
In this age when people die in the basically not the plague, and from cardiovascular disease, beet is ready to mass delivery to our table pectins, lowering blood glucose and cholesterol levels, and normalizes digestion. Betaine facilitates the work of the liver, prevents its fatty degeneration. Potassium regulates the water-salt metabolism, iron and cobalt helps with anemia.
Many of which can be useful beets, but perceive it as a panacea and there kilograms - not worth it. Nutritionists argue that the optimal rate - 150 grams per day. At the same time note that nitrogen in the roots accumulates unevenly. Most "scary" nitrates "inches and roots, at the top and bottom of the root. The discrepancy with midway can be 8-9 times.
