Spinach

Hello everyone!

Has anyone tired a spinach vine and is it an annual?  I picked up two this
year and put them in a wall container.  One is doing really nicely and seems
the hot weather here in Pennsylvania this summer hasn't hurt it at all.  It
has a lovely rich green color and the texture of the leaves are great.
Could I treat it like a perennial and bring it inside for the winter I
wonder if it's an annual?

Also, I have gotten two Blood sorrows plants at least I think this is the
name as I lost the tags.  The leaves were just beautiful green with that
touch of red and I didn't see any flowers on this perennial.  Anyone raise
these out there?  They have burned up a wee bit here on the Mountain here in
zone 6 since this is the worst hot weather I've ever seen in my life.  But,
they still have colored leaves on them. My perennials here are burning up
and just can't water all of them.  Even my phlox burned up and I usually
have a beautiful display with the different color pinks.  Usually have
artist stop to paint them, but this year they were not as showy.

Another question - I've tried marking my plant stakes with a water-proof
black marker but it seems to wear off.  Labeled lots of my daylilies with a
marker and now I can't read them. I used those metal stakes and wrote with
the marker.  Any suggestions?  I probably will just start making metal
markers like my Dad did.  Have a tooling set and will start making plant
labels with this.   He would usually just take a thin piece of tin and
hammer the letters on the tin and nail it on a wooden stake. I still have
some of his markers.  Has anyone used this method for making plant markers?

Thanks
Kate Wilson
Zionsville, PA Zone 6

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