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Cool-season · very early spring and fall, most cold-hardy leafy green in this bed

Spinach

Spinacia oleracea

Extends dramatically in shade — 8–10 weeks of harvest outdoors in partial shade versus roughly 2 weeks in full sun — and bolts on daylength as much as heat, a real difference from this bed's lettuce.

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