So Much Spinach Cooks Down to Nothing

This year I grew spinach in two long rows, maybe 28 feet long. Seeing as how we can't keep up with it by eating enough fresh salads, and it was beginning to get bolty, I decided to process it. I left a 4 four section of the row in place, so I could still eat a little of it fresh in the next week or so.
You can't tell by this picture, but there really was a lot of greens here.

Again, the picture does no justice, but this is a HUGE bowl. This is the same bowl my grandma and mom would use when canning or making huge batches of food for some wedding or shower.

Here's me in my not-so-fabulous maternity swimsuit blanching, chilling, bagging. G had said, "We've only got 3 freezer bags left. You want me to run to the store?" My answer, all of this spinach will only just fill two bags.

Chilling. And I was right, we only filled two bags. That's fine. I've got loads of chard and collards getting ready for the same.

I'm actually going to try some seed saving this year. I saved a load of coriander from last summer, and that's growing now. If I can stand it, I'll let more things go to seed. It's hard when you have such limited growing space. Instead of pulling out a plant to plant something else, you leave it be for weeks. That feels so wasteful! Now I have to decide what will replace the spinach space...