Spinach

I had a serious problem with blight in warm wet summers especially on tomatoes on my Spinach earlier this year. Caught it late and had to work hard to bring the plant back. The experience was frustrating but educational. Now that it's healthy again I can fully appreciate satisfaction of harvesting …

People describe Spinach as easy and I'd push back on that slightly. feeding with a high-potassium fertiliser once flowering begins needs consistent attention and slug and snail damage on young seedlings can undermine progress quickly if ignored. Where Spinach is genuinely underrated is the beauty. …

I started with one Spinach and now have four, all from propagation. The process is straightforward once you understand consistent deep watering rather than frequent shallow watering — something I picked up from trial and error rather than any guide. I display them in a greenhouse or polytunnel for …

Someone gave me Spinach as a birthday gift and I barely knew what it was. Two years later it's my most treasured plant and I've spent more time researching it than I'd care to admit. The key discovery was rotating crops each year to prevent soil-borne disease build-up — once that clicked, the plant…