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This is my first year planting spinach. When do you pick the leaves? Some of mine are about two inches wide. Will the leaves keep growing? Thanks!

You can pick them now. When it is young it is really good!!!

Thanks- I picked them this morning, and we had them tonight for dinner. They were good. (Of course knowing the time and hard work I put into it helped!) :)

I normally pull mine but you can just cut it off and it shoulc grow back. But spinach likes cold weather, so it will probably bolt if not picked. I pulled all of mine a few weeks ago, blanched and froze 5 quarts.

Fresh is better, I like to cook mine with some bacon grease in it.UUUMMMM UUUMMMM good!!!

Amigatec: Try cutting up a hard boiled egg and add some of that bacon, that you fried to get the grease, crumbled up on your spinach before you add the bacon grease--especially good!!!

There is also a way to add vinegar to the bacon grease while still in the skillet, (fire off) quick put on a lid when the splattering sounds die down, put on the above items --add a sprinkle of sugar and stir all well--works good on Chicory too!!!

Mmmmmm...sounds good. My spinach is still doing well after 3 cuts. Not sure how much longer we'll be eating it.