Guest guest Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 I discovered amaranth, and this is what I use as a warm weather green. I dislike it raw, but if I cook it (lightly sauteed and seasoned) I like it as well as regular spinach, or even better. I have two kinds, 'normal' and red hopi die. Lots of seed to share. Write me off list and we can arrange a trade? I would like to sow new zealand spinach, I grew it when i lived down under but have no seed now. I find growing regular spinach very difficult here. I had to eradicate all my wannabe perennial brassicas the Harlequins won that battle. I planted some sacrificial crops (sunflowers mainly) and this works to some extent, but I really have to still watch the harlequins. I sowed my cole crops late (early dec) but most seem well, they are just still little. As far as what else I have? lots of citrus that came with the house, and of course your regular winter and cooler weather stuff. Fava beans, red scarlet runners, kale, mustards, lettuces (harvesting those) radishes (harvesting) collards (harvesting), little but coming up we have peas, bush and pole, carrots, beets, chard, harvesting lots and lots of cilantro and lots of parsley, trying potatoes and sweet potatoes, artichokes (only two will produce this year). We are also trying brussels sprouts and cauliflower this year, which will be very challenging (already is), but we like them a lot. Winter crops are actually really nutritious, don't you find this too? I also have a few peppers still to harvest, and believe it or not, a few tomatoes, still green, ripening. Not bad, I am not complaining at all....I go to the grocery store only every other month or so. , " slim_langer " <slim_langer wrote: > > Hi Roseta, > How does your garden grow? You may recall that like you, I'm also > doing some home+local produce in SoCal. I've got nothing new to report > except for more, now year-round, admiration of New Zealand spinach. I > am a loud (but lazy!) fan of any green that produces perpetually, > looks very good, even as a ground cover, and needs little to no care > beyond normal watering and some fertilizing. Where I had the NZ > spinach in full sun, it grew very fast but became yellow and stringy > after the end of the summer. Though it did drop alot of seeds > (actually a fruit) and replanted itself. But in the front yard where > it gets year long morning sun and afternoon shade, a two or three > meter-square patch just keeps staying green and productive all winter > too, with no new planting! Though extreme cold (for us) can wilt the > leaves a little. I'd be glad to send you some seeds if you'd like to > try some. Careful though it is invasive. I still owe you for the tip > about harlequin bugs on my kale. > > What are you all growing? > > Take care, > > Slim > > > > , " rosetalleo " <rosetalleo@> > wrote: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke > > > > also called a jerusalem artichoke, not from jerusalem and not an > artichoke... > > > > a perennial plant with yellow flowers and edible roots > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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