Spinach

Grow spinach seeds today! It's one of the most nutritious of the leaf vegetables and it is rich in vitamin A and iron. Delicious cooked or fresh in salads, this hardy, quick-growing crop thrives in cool weather. Plant spinach seeds as early in the spring as possible, or in the fall (Bolt-resistant varieties are best for spring sowing.) If planting in fall, raise blight resistant varieties. They will winter-over for early spring harvest if protected from winter winds by mulch or snow.