The Strange Case of the Spinach on the Compost Heap

A  little while ago, I wrote about the Bucket of Shame, to do with opening up a new - or rather, an old! - compost pen, and I mentioned putting the tired old spinach plants onto the active - ie new! - compost pen.

Well, I out-clevered myself there, because when I returned to that garden, a week later, I found that the spinach was actively growing.... in the compost pens.

Just look at all those tender, blanched new leaves!!  Of course, they thought that they'd been “planted” in some heavenly, warm, moist, new location .....

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