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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

That looks like it might be an ideal plant for arizona.  I wonder if it will 
grow straight up-&-out on concrete block wall (fencing); or if it needs 
lattice so that it can intertwine.  I'll see if Gurney's or my local nursery 
has seeds ........bobford


--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Jerry B <liberty AT kaballero.com> wrote:

> From: Jerry B <liberty AT kaballero.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Malabar spinach
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 8:29 PM
> EarthNSky wrote:
> > Malabar Spinach.
> > http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/101422/
> > I just love my malabar spinach. We recently bought a
> new ladder and I 
> > now have the old wooden ladder in the garden.  Next
> year, assuming the 
> > spinach returns from reseeding, it will find a new,
> dedicated home on 
> > the ladder.  It is a pretty vine.
> >   
> It is indeed a beautiful vine and in just one season has
> become a 
> favorite veggie for us. Lightly sauteed with anything else,
> it is 
> fantastic, it's texture so full bodied and succulent. 
> Some friends from 
> Louisiana sent us our seeds last spring.  Unfortunately I
> suspect  first 
> frost will come too soon here in Tidewater, Virginia for
> the seeds to 
> sufficiently mature. It is very drought resistant, but
> susceptible to 
> cold weather. I might try it in the greenhouse, surely a
> great plant to 
> have around all year. We grew ours against a 5'
> chicken-wire fence and 
> it covered the entire row.  Just can't say enough for
> the plant ... 
> 'cept like you, "we just love our malabar
> spinach"!
> 
> Here's another good link .... 
> http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/kitchen/2006su_spinach.html 
>   jerry b
> 
> 
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