how about new zealand spinach? [it has plump little leaves]
sort of a viney-thing and quite resistant to frost as i recall
and to heat, too, and salt, I see

http://www.humeseeds.com/spnchnz.htm
http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/newzealandspinach.html
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV139

oops i guess that last article said it IS frost sensitive

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/N/NewZ1spin.asp
http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/vegetable/greens.html

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/vegetables/spinach.html

i have never heard of Malabar spinach...

does any one have any favorite on-line catalogs they want to share
here?
mine are Nichols Garden--http://www.nicholsgardennursery.com/

Papa Geno's (lots of lavendar!) http://www.papagenos.com/

and Seeds of Change that also has a newsletter, and food products
http://www.seedsofchange.com/

then there are the heritage and heirloom seed companies and groups
http://www.seeds.ca/
http://www.saltspringseeds.com/ (cannot ship sees to U.S.)
http://www.yankeegardener.com/
http://www.yankeegardener.com/heritage_heirloom.html


oh oh maybe i should not have started this
like offering a drink to an alcoholic??!!

of course there is Burpee, Henry Fields,
Jackson-Perkins, Roses, Bulbs, fruit trees,
and many other catalogs which must be piling up
but if any of you have a web site that you like for
seeds and plants, please post here! it is 12 steps from the
kitchen counter/sink area to the compost bucket....the first
step is to realize you are powerless over the gardening bug...