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Speaking of things like that, I bought some Malabar Spinach a few years 
back and every year I am more and more pleased with it.
http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/kitchen/2006su_spinach.html
This should be in every Southern garden, at least.  It says perennial in 
the Deep South, which I consider zone 8 and 9, but mine has 
perennialized here in a raised bed (zone 7)...global warming perhaps??

Bev

Robert Walton wrote:
> Or Vegetable Amaranth. Anyone grow it? It's also called Green Leaf or
> Jamaican Spinach. I got some seeds form my aunt, who go them from a
> Jamaican friend.
>
> It grows really fast, is not fussy, likes water and heat. I like that
> you can eat the stalk also, so you can just top it off and it comes
> back from what you leave.
>
> I am going to save some seed this year, so may have some in the fall.
> I like greens, but traditional greens are a big problem in the heat of
> summer. My aunt has diabetes and was told that eating Calaloo every
> day will help balance blood sugar. She swears by it.
>
> It is a weed, like pig weed if it gets away from you, but I figure a
> weed you can eat or feed to the chickens is the weed to have.
>
> Rob - Va
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