The Plant that keeps on growing.

The Plant that keeps on growing.

Our everlasting Swiss chard

Do you remember the fairy story of the oil jug that was never empty because that was one of the wishes the old lady made when she was granted 3 wishes?
 Well I am an old lady and we have one plant in our garden that keeps on growing and growing and growing and I never even made a wish!!
About  3 years ago I planted a row of Swiss chard seeds in my veggie garden in the spring. They came up  and we had about 5 nice chard plants to eat until the summer came and they looked like they were finished. So I  just forgot about them. 
 One plant however decided it hadn't finished and somehow kept alive until that fall. We didn't eat any of it, it looked too dried up and withered but it just kept growing. 
By the following spring among the dead leaves of the plant I spotted some green growth and saw that it was still alive. So I transplanted it into the front flower garden among the larksburs and poppies . So all last summer we kept "giving it a hair cut and eating the leaves". Along came winter again and it took a sleep as before but as soon as this spring came along  out sprung all the fresh leaves. We have already this year had 2 or 3 good meals from this one plant and there is no sign of it letting up.
It is always very tasty and doesn't lose its color like the shop bought green veggies do when they are cooked.So it is very green and verdant. 
So we just hope it continues to keep growing and we will keep cutting.....
Maybe it's an everlasting plant!