Jun 02 2009
Poor Man’s Spinach
This is a photo of what the Spanish call collejo (co-yea-ho) I can’t find an English equivalent or name for it.
It’s called poor man’s spinach as it returns every year no need for sowing - I like that, but it does have a tendency to spread, which if you have the space is fine as there is more to pick.
It has a taste quite similar to spinach and if you pick out the top few pairs of leaves it keeps on producing for quite a long season.
Once it starts to flower the taste becomes quite bitter. The seeds may be collected to replant but I’ve never had to do that it just keeps on coming back!
That’s the sort of gardening I like. In our holiday home I have a variety of artichokes that just come back and produce food year after year - fresh food for free.
