rhubarb

Reviving the rhubarb

September 6, 2011
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We did something at the weekend that was long overdue. We finished cutting down the dead ivy that had been smothering one of our trees, and in the process discovered what a good thing it had been for the rhubarb. Our rhubarb has never been particularly happy where I planted it alongside the chicken run. [...]

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Our rhubarb has made it through the winter

March 4, 2011
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Our first crop of rhubarb could be on the way as our roots made it through the winter and are shooting up their first spears of the new season.

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We bag some bargain rhubarb for the garden

July 21, 2010
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A rhubarb plant for £2 was too good an offer to pass up, don’t you think? We were passing by the gardening stall on the market (which at this time of year is always full of seedling plants for those who were too lazy or too late to start their own) when we spotted them [...]

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Our first rhubarb of the year

June 19, 2010
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Our rhubarb is still maturing very slowly, as it’s only its first year in the garden. With that in mind, the offer of some dead cheap rhubarb sticks on the market was just too good to pass up.

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A surprise showing from the ‘dead’ rhubarb

May 20, 2010
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A rhubarb root that we thought had died in the ground seems to have found a new lease of life and is rather unexpectedly starting to shoot. Better late than never.

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The rhubarb is shooting

March 30, 2010
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The first of our rhubarb roots has started to show signs of shooting. We’re not going to force it this year, but instead let it get itself established so that by next year we should be harvesting enough fruit for a few summer crumbles.

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Popular Blagger posts of February 2010

February 28, 2010
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From knitting scarves to planting rhubarb, and from keeping poultry on scraps to taking our first home-made cheese out of the press, February has been a busy and rewarding month.

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We’ve planted some rhubarb

February 2, 2010
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We have been out in the plot planting rhubarb crowns. These are fairly inexpensive, and although we’ll have to wait until next year before we can take our first harvest it will be much cheaper than buying cut rhubarb in the shops.

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