Category Archives: Spinach

Malabar spinach

Posted on September 27, 2010 by batteryrooftopgarden

Basella alba, or Malabar spinach (also Phooi leaf, Red vine spinach, Creeping spinach, Climbing spinach) is a perennial vine from the tropics.  It grew in the summer of 2010 up a south facing screen, and was the picture of health, … Continue reading →

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September 21, 2010 — Breakfast

Posted on September 27, 2010 by batteryrooftopgarden

21 September 2010 — Breakfast  As Michael Polan reminds us, humans are nearly unique in the animal kingdom in having to ask themselves the question, “What shall I eat?”   I have taken the approach, at least at breakfast, in letting … Continue reading →

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June 29, 2010 — Breakfast

Posted on September 27, 2010 by batteryrooftopgarden

6/29/10 Breakfast. Bumber crop of parsley.  Sauted parsley in a tiny bit of canola oil, and then added fresh picked spinach.  Spinach is starting to shoot, but many leaves remain around the edges of the plant.  Paler than the young … Continue reading →

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