Spinach will grow quite happily in containers, and so will beetroot and leaf beet (perpetual spinach). Harvest the leaves when they’re young, and mix them into salads.
Sowing time
March – May and August – September
How to grow
Use a good fertile soil or compost, with a good general feed added, and choose a site with partial shade to reduce the risk of running to seed. Sow winter spinach and New Zealand spinach seeds thinly in a sunny spot, with about 1” of soil on top, and plant into containers, growbags or old boxes. Water well during dry periods. Start picking your spinach as soon as the leaves have reached a reasonable size, but are still young and tender: always start with the outer leaves.