Henriette Kress wrote in message news:pan.2004.01.04.13.07.36.141608@hetta...
hort-4 wrote:

I can't grow spinach. Snails are a problem. I live in long dry season area.
And doesn't spinach prefers northern latitudes? Cool with long days?

So, if I grew spinach I might know the answer to this:
Why does store bought spinach include so much mud?
Also, I notice the mud usually has some sand content.

Rain. If strong enough it'll splatter mud up on plants; and if plants are
picked when it rains you'll get mud, too.

Henriette

one more reason to mulch absolutely everything in the garden. and for
this reason alone I am planting seedlings for everything now, right
through the mulch, except for tatsoi and arugula. my greens are always
clean, though they were not in the past when I was direct seeding.