Rhubarb is rising

Written by: adekun on 2 April, 2010 7:46 pm - Filed under: garden9 Comments »

Rhubarb in April

Rhubarb in April

Vigorous is a good word to describe the rhubarb. It’s growing so fast that it I will have to thin rather than transplant the intermediate plants.
Even those whose initial leaves were broken in the previous months winds have recovered. I wonder if I will have rhubarb coming out of my ears by the summer.

It lives!

Written by: adekun on 12 March, 2010 11:00 am - Filed under: gardenNo Comments »

Rhubarb

Rhubarb

I had accepted that yet again the rhubarb had come to an early demise. However, late last month just as the weeds moved in, a row of new leaves suddenly appeared. Now, a few weeks on, the rhubarb is still with us.
I’ve weeded around the plants and mixed in a little composted manure. Perhaps, almost optimistically, this could be it.

Micro-weeding

Written by: adekun on 8 May, 2009 11:13 pm - Filed under: gardenNo Comments »

Maya’s baby tweezers were put to good use with her in the sling and the seed trays in front. Her mother wasn’t too enthralled, despite the uncluttered seedlings. There’s a reasonable showing from the chilli peppers, hopefully the habaneros will make an appearance soon. Rhubarb looking fine.

Rhubarb departed

Written by: adekun on 8 August, 2008 8:59 am - Filed under: food7 Comments »

Since late summer last year I’ve been nurturing two dozen rhubarb seeds. The first twelve were sown directly with about a third germinating. They didn’t flourish. The remainder was put into a module tray in the spring. Again only about a third made it to the surface, of which two developed into something worth transplanting. Both were promptly devoured. One was strong enough to spawn another set of leaves. However, I think the strong sunlight coupled with a bottle cloche were too much. It doesn’t look like it’s going to make a recovery this time. I am quite upset. :(

Rhubarb

Written by: adekun on 27 October, 2007 8:06 am - Filed under: foodNo Comments »

Trying to raise a few seeds for the spring. Haven’t been able to find any roots.