I saw on the channel 7 news website that Private Selection organic spinach of certain package codes has been recalled for salmonella.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/health/ ... etail.html

We happen to have a box of this spinach (the code is not quite the same) that I started eating on Sunday with a burger, and then added to my work week smoothies. I have had gastrointestinal issues since then, but thought it was greasy food I ate Sunday morning. Now I am thinking it might be salmonella.

Anyone else have problems with Private Selection organic spinach recently? I will be calling the company when they open to ask questions, and will certainly be contacting the FDA. This is the third or fourth I have had food poisoning in the last year, and my husband was incredibly ill from the last Jimmy John's contamination event... This is one of the reasons we are looking at greenhouses... I can't trust the general food supply anymore.

I gave up buying store bought spinach and lettuce ages ago. I grow my own.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Because we live in Austin, Tx. (and because I love spinach) I googled "spinach recall" and came across this excellent site called "eFoodAlert". It covers recalls and alerts across the entire United States and elsewhere, and even covers dog foods. You can even click on your favorite supermarket or wherever you shop to see if their produce etc. is included in the alert -which is how I found out that the spinach you mentioned is also sold at Walmart where I shop.

http://efoodalert.net/2012/05/22/recall ... y-22-2012/

(You can be sure I'll be checking this site regularly from now on.)

Spinach and lettuce are actually 2 things you can grow up here without a greenhouse. I have had lettuce survive temperatures in the low 20's.

Well considering I will have more time on my hands starting next week (hooray for unofficial layoffs!) and I am getting some gardening books from the library this weekend, I will look into growing some greens this summer. Thanks for the tip!

I assume you don't want to compost anything with food poisioning ickies on it... too bad, my compost pile would love to eat up that spinach since we aren't.

This is very scarey. That is why I chose to get all my fruits and veggies from a Colorado CSA! I am sorry you had this happen to you. Good luck on gardening your own. I wish our land was flat and not filled with moss boulders!

I grow lettuce, spinach and mesclun mix in rail planters. I germinate the seed under fluorescent shop lights. I have actually grown leaf lettuce to 7" tall completely under the fluorescents.
Lettuce likes a cool location and spinach will bolt if too hot and dry.
I harvest chive flowers, wash and sprinkle the tiny blossoms over green salads - lovely effect.

Bab - we don't have much flat land but I am looking for a way around it (creativity!!)

I am harvesting spinach that I planted last Fall. It survives the winter. When harvesting simply cut individual leaves, don't uproot the plant. I am going to see if it will survive several seasons. Way more crunch, big, beautiful than anything you'll see in a store. -- Greg

We grew our spinach in a planter on the deck and had plenty all of last summer. Now we have the greenhouse we have a large amount of spinach already. I'm interested what recipe you use that incorporate spinch in your smoothies if you are willing to share? Mrs Dennissco56