Rhubarb Fool
Dessert is a sweet finish to what you hope was a delicious meal. It’s that final, relaxed part of the meal where you can all sit back with a cup …
rhubarb
Classic Rhubarb Pie
Skip the commonly-included strawberries and stick to the classic all-rhubarb rhubarb pie. Simple ingredients make for a stunning dessert. From counter to oven to table in just over an hour. …
Essential Tools and Equipment for Growing and Enjoying Rhubarb
Tending your rhubarb plants or cooking with rhubarb means having the right tools to do the job in both the garden and the kitchen. …
Dealing with Rhubarb Pests
Pests on your rhubarb, left unchecked, can damage and destroy your developing plants. Keeping a close watch on your plants during regular daily inspections will help you spot any pests …
Dealing with Rhubarb Diseases
Thankfully, rhubarb is one of those plants that is not especially prone to disease. While there are a few diseases that might plague your rhubarb plants, you should be able …
Forcing Rhubarb
Rhubarb is traditionally a cool-weather crop, mostly harvested in the spring and sometimes in the fall, depending on the zone in which you live. …
Dividing Rhubarb
Each year, as your rhubarb plants grow, they’ll produce the next year’s buds at the outer edges of the crown. …
Preparing Your Rhubarb for Winter
Rhubarb needs about 500 hours of temperatures below 40 degrees F in order to enter dormancy to muster its energy to produce new buds in the spring; if you hear …
Storing and Preserving Your Rhubarb
Once your rhubarb plants are three years old or older, you’re likely to get a hearty harvest. What to do with all those stalks? …
Harvesting your Rhubarb
In general, you can start harvesting your rhubarb the second year after planting; that’s assuming you started with a division/crown/root. You’ll have to wait until the third year after planting …
