John Davidson

The Magic of Spinach John Davidson

Publisher Marketing: The Magic of Spinach Table of Contents Introduction When to Grow Spinach How to Plant Spinach Harvesting Spinach Best Spinach Varieties Spinach for Good Health Ancient power packed Spinach Health Tonic Problems Caused Due to Radiation Exposure Benefits of a regular Spinach Diet Spinach in Your Cuisine Choosing the Best Spinach Quick Steamed Spinach Introduction to Saag Traditional Saag Dry Spinach and Potatoes Lamb with Spinach Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction If you were brought up reading Popeye comics or watching Popeye cartoons, in the 30s and 40s, you may have noticed that the sailor man could not do without his spinach. This was to give him plenty of strength and energy. Also in popular literature, broccoli, spinach and other green vegetables have been given a bad name, because they are supposedly not worth eating. Now that is a totally wrong misconception because spinach - Spinacia oleracea - is one of the most nutritious of greens available to mankind today. It is a native to southwestern Asia, from where it spread all over the world. Spinach leaves are dark green in color, and a plant can grow up to 28 - 30 cm in height. Spinach normally likes a temperate climate, but you can also grow this plant in a place where the winter is going to be mild. Spinach does not like a snowy weather climate. The fruit of the spinach is normally found in a lumpy and dry cluster, with a number of seeds in it. However, many gardeners do not allow the spinach to get to its fruition stage, because they would rather harvest the plant and sell it fresh, or eat it as a salad or cooked. Contributor Bio:  Davidson, John John Davidson was born in Barrhead in Renfrewshire in 1857. He spent his childhood years in Greenock, and after working as a pupil-teacher and briefly attending Edinburgh University, taught in schools in Glasgow and Perth. In 1989 he moved to London where he made his living as a journalist and critic. Several dramas had been published while he was still in Scotland, but in the 1890s he turned to poetry, and published several collections which were very popular: In a Music-Hall (1891) and Ballads and Songs (1894) amongst them. These were poems which chronicled urban working class life, and his sense of outrage at the poverty of the ordinary man, as expressed by the much-anthologized 'Thirty Bob a Week'. At the beginning of the new century he moved away from the lyric and began writing in blank verse which incorporated much scientific language; this series of Testaments were not as successful as his earlier ballad style, though Hugh MacDiarmid was to pay tribute to Davidson's attempts to combine poetry with scientific ideas. Despite the early popularity of the poetry, financial difficulties constantly plagued Davidson; he had had no choice but to continue with the journalism he disliked in order to support his family and other dependents. Sadly the money worries, combined with ill-health and depression, drove him to committing suicide in 1909.