I planted spinach plants yesterday. I cheated a bit and bought the already-grown plants from Lowes. I also bough seeds to plant when I get some room in the garden. I figure there are a lot of months left before I can plant summery things, so there is time.
You're supposed to plant spinach either in the fall or late winter. If you plant them in the fall, you're supposed to do it 6-7 weeks before the first frost. If in the late winter, 6 weeks before average last spring frost date, starting seeds indoors or somewhere protected. The thing is, I live in Southern California near the beach where there is no frost, so I'm thinking this doesn't apply to me. Moving onwards.
You're also supposed to prepare the soil by loosening it at least up to 10 inches deep, mixing compost and all that kind of good stuff to make the soil rich and humus.
Thin plants as they grow so the leaves of plants next to each other don't get entangled. You want to give them space. I learned this the hard way--good crops need good space.
More on this later.
Coming up:
~ still dealing with pests
~ succulents
~ transforming a blah winter garden
~ pumpkins
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