I have rhubarb! I’ve been wanting to get some planted for a long time. Strawberry-rhubarb pie. Strawberry-rhubarb jam. I can’t wait!
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Rhubarb, Finally
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carsek says:
Just remember, rhubarb likes to be high and dry. I’ve planted it for the last four years. I have one plant this year that finally made it. I guess I have found the high and dry here. Good luck.
On April 26, 2010 at 5:07 am
Karen Anne says:
My rhubarb was under water here in New England for a couple of days, and is coming up fine. The ground isn’t generally particularly dry normally.
2-3 years ago I dug it out to move it to a new bed, and now I have rhubarb in both places.
I started with really good starts I got from Nourse. I got some others at the same time from a place, (probably the dreaded Gurneys or one of the other names they use, now I know better), that died, if they were even alive when delivered.
On April 26, 2010 at 5:38 am
Karen Anne says:
p.s. Suzanne, you got more than one plant, yes?
On April 26, 2010 at 5:40 am
blueberrylu says:
Rhubarb is the best!!! Don’t forget it freezes good, so you can have muffins, bread, cakes, crisps and pies year round.
On April 26, 2010 at 6:38 am
CindyP says:
Mmmmmm, rhubarb! :eating:
On April 26, 2010 at 6:52 am
Barbee' says:
I had never tasted it until I was about 40 years old. A friend served rhubarb crisp – first bite, I thought I had died and gone to heaven! :heart:
On April 26, 2010 at 7:33 am
hollygee says:
My honey says that people insist on ruining good rhubarb by combining it with strawberries. He likes his pie plain rhubarb and with so little sugar that I HAVE to have ice cream on it. He wants his mouth to pucker from tartness.
On April 26, 2010 at 10:42 am
Gert Hubbard says:
We have 5 plants coming up…Two from last year..Yum Yum…Will be looking for recipes……… :wave:
On April 26, 2010 at 11:11 am
Tammy says:
I just planted two that I had in pots from last year and they are doing great! Everyone I talk to says they like manure – so heap it on when you plant and every fall. Until mine are producing enough though, I buy mine @ a local farm market and last night made my first rhubarb pie using your crust recipe. I used the “fillin” recipe off the web and it was too sweet – I like mine TART – live and learn – but at least the crust was good! I think I might try to freeze a pie pre-made for this fall when I truly get to hankering it. Good luck with your plants – they’ll do well – just pile on the manure! psmflowerlady
On April 26, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Debnfla3 says:
I have never even tasted rhubarb! I don’t know if it can grow here either because I’ve never seen it for sale in the grocery stores. I would love to taste it…those pies using it and strawberries always look so good.
On April 26, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Nikk Crump says:
I’m so jealous. My mother used to make our rhubard into a sause, sort of like applesauce. I loved it.
On April 26, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Lola Denny says:
What’s with the strawberry rhubarb this and that? Rhubarb can stand on its own feet!
On April 26, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Margaret says:
Just made some rhubarb quick bread yesterday with rhubarb fresh from my garden. Yum! I plan to put in several more plants this fall. You can never have enough rhubarb.
On April 26, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Sandi says:
Oh my – I may need to plant some!!
On April 26, 2010 at 6:04 pm
glenda says:
I simply can’t grow rhubarb! I have lost track of how many plants I have bought. Finally, my sis in Iowa just freezes me a few quarts each season.
I love it just cooked down with sugar like Grandma and Mom did, making a sort of jam. Nothing better on hot biscuits with butter and a cold glass of milk!
I agree, I want just plain rhubarb pie….no other fruit and please not with custard (eggs and stuff).
On April 26, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Barbara W says:
If you lived closer, I could have divided one of mine up. I got mine from an aunt that passed away. I divided some of it up last year. I could divide it up again.
On April 26, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Melinda in Washington State says:
Rhubarb Custard Pie is the best.
4 cups home growen rhubarb.
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3 crooked little hen’s eggs
1/2 cup Beulah Petunia’s cream
1/2 cup your home churned butter made from Beulah Petunia’s cream
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
Mix together rhubarb and sugar, flour, salt and nutmeg. Beat eggs lightly with cream and pour over rhubard mixture. Put into unbaked 10″ pie shell and top with mixture of last 3 ingredients (mixed until crumbly). Bake at 450* for 10 minutes , then 350* for 35-40 minutes. Then enjoy the fruits of your labor.
On April 26, 2010 at 7:41 pm
CherShots says:
We have super luck with our rhubarb, but we keep it watered when dry. Not soaked, but damp. Although when we lived in Alaska it did GREAT with the rain gutters draining directly into the rhubarb beds. I have to agree with Melinda, Rhubarb Custard Pie is a favorite in our house too.
On April 26, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Arlene says:
Yummy!!! :snoopy: I can’t wait to get my piece of that pie in the mail!! :snoopy:
On April 26, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Vanessa says:
My mom told me when I was very young and I’m sure that everyone knows…..never eat the leaves of rhubarb plants (raw or cooked). They are poisonous. The leaves have oxalates and there is also some evidence of anthraquinone glycosides in the leaves. Although all parts of the plant contain oxalates….the stems contain low levels and do not cause a problem.
Suzanne, do not give the leaves to the animals, either, because there have been reports of goats and swine being poisoned by the leaves. Even though I know your swine are neatly wrapped in the freezer. lol
source: https://www.rhubarbinfo.com/rhubarb-poison.html
On April 26, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Karen Anne says:
Debnfla3, where do you live that there is no rhubarb?
On April 27, 2010 at 2:25 am
kerri says:
I wish we could’ve given you some. We have a whole row of it…maybe 16 plants, and we give it away by the bagful.
Rhubarb plain, as in sauce, pie, bread, cake, or any dessert, or mixed with strawberries or custard….it’s all delicious. We love it!
Ours isn’t ready yet up here in chilly upstate NY.
On April 29, 2010 at 2:40 pm