Spinach Garden
Scatter spinach or lettuce seeds around emerging bulb foliage to make wise use of your garden space and have a leafy green crop at the ready to cover the bare spots left by deadheaded spring flowers.
Spinach garden. In areas where lilacs grow old time farmers say to plant spinach when lilacs are in first leaf. It s advised to not tuck spinach in a flower bed since too many critters will make a snack of it. I like adding lots of garlic.
Add more spinach if you re a spinach lover or leave it out if you re not a fan. Top with grilled chicken on fettuccine pasta for a complete meal or use as a dip for bread sticks. Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon.
It s perhaps best used fresh in salads either by itself or mixed with other greens like lettuce or arugula. Spinach tends to bolt and get bitter when temperatures soar so harvest time is important to get the best leaves. Better than olive garden.
If your garden soil is acid ph below 7 then be sure to lime the soil based on a soil test to raise the ph to 7 0. When it comes to vegetable gardening spinach planting is a great addition. Spinach spinacia oleracea is a wonderful source of vitamin a and one of the healthiest plants that we can grow in fact growing spinach in the home garden is a great way to get plenty of iron calcium and vitamins a b c and k.
Get it as soon as wed sep 30. When i make this dish everyone raves over it. It is a fast growing plant and in most areas you can get multiple crops in the growing season.
Many gardeners opt for raised beds 6 8 inches above the existing soil especially if they have a heavy clay soil to deal with. Sow right seeds power greens seed collection for planting viroflay spinach arugula dwarf siberian kale and rainbow swiss chard. On march 26 1937 a popeye statue was unveiled during a spinach festival in crystal city texas.