It may just be the crazy weather here, but my first experience with growing spinach in the Spring didn't produce great results. Spinach needs cool temperatures to grow, but warm enough soil temperatures to germinate. The season started out okay (minus the snow) but this year it has gotten so hot so quickly, our Spring was basically nonexistent. The seedlings have been growing for quite some time and are still pretty tiny. Now, this may also be due to the fact that they were nibbled on by some kind of critter early on.
All in all, not a whole lot of spinach being eaten so far. I have gotten to pick some leaves here and there to throw in pastas and on sandwiches, but not quite as much as I was hoping for.
Fresh spinach, basil, and oregano from the garden - a perfect addition to my Vodka Pasta
(more on herbs later!)
If at first you don't succeed, try try again, and I plan on doing just that in the Fall when the soil's nice and warm but temps are starting to cool down.
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