First Harvest at Larrapin
While we’ve nibbled out of the Spinach bed already, tonight we had
these two batches of greens to harvest before the big thunderstorms
that are coming. That’s spinach on the right and Ragged Jack/Russian
kale on the left. We love to saute it with a little olive oil and
garlic in a big iron skillet (or wok). It stays very green and is
delicious.
Spinach Fortress: Don’t Laugh — It worked!
The spinach seemed to draw the bunnies as well as the guinea hens (see “Guineas Under House Arrest” below…) so out of desperation one day I put up this stick fence around the spinach and pea bed. You can’t see the peas because the guineas had munched them to the ground when the rabbits weren’t doing the same. It worked! With the guineas secure in their pen, the fence keeps the bunnies at bay. I think it’s kind of cute, so I left it.
We’ve had several spinach salads out of this bed already. It’s spring planted so it’s just now getting going really well. Year before last I planted fall spinach and overwintered it — now THAT’s the way to have big delicious spinach really really early! I hope to remember to do it again this fall.
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