spinach - Slim

August 19, 2007

Slim this is interesting about the climbing spinach. I'll have to look for

seeds for that kind. Did you have to mail order them. I have several trellis

for climbing veggies that go unused in the cooler months so this really

interests me, as well as growing more in less space. Thanks for sharing the

info you have found out about.

Judy

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slim_langer

Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:13 PM

Re: spinach

I got the idea just recently of trying to grow some greens around the

house. (!?!) I spend enough time tending and trimming some plants that

really get pretty big and bossy but are themselves rather useless. I'd

much rather have something to eat! There are several species and

hybrids I've been reading about that should be able to grow as

perennials in my (temperate) climate. The space spinach hybrid -- a

so-called " three season spinach " -- should be able to hump over the

summers here but if it bolts and goes to seed, so much the better for

next year. The Malabar spinach sounds really interesting. I've just

got some seeds for 'em and this is supposed to be a beautiful plant

that can grow in vines on a trellis like ivy. Called bak choy in some

places, it's perennial too, very nutritious, and I have a lot of back

fence it can cover. Dwarf blue kale and dinosaur kale seem to like the

summer weather here and I am planning on seeing how they (and some

others, strawberry spinach, New Zealand spinach, leaf chard) all fit,

washed and snipped, inside the rice cooker with some brown rice,

lentils and spicy bean-garlic-habero sauces.

Slim

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> I would love to know what everyone loves to do with spinach? As for me I

> love it in salads, on pizza and stuffed shells. Yum

> Steph

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