I believe it was back in 2012 that we planted two rhubarb plants along our west fence line. The first year, one grew nicely and the other one appeared to die. The following year, the one that apparently died did well and the one that did well the preceding year, appeared to die. This went on for the next couple of years before we started our backyard project. To my knowledge, we never harvested any rhubarb from these plants. When the project started, I dug both of them up and stored them in the basement, pretty much ignoring them for the next 18 months. Once the raised beds were installed in 2015, T had me transplant them to the east bed. One appeared to die and the other did well. The one that appeared to die, actually did so this time. The other one grew each Spring and wilted by early Summer. Today, I decided to actually harvest some. I found a roasted rhubarb recipe and hope that by harvesting some of the well formed sprouts, new growth will be encouraged.
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| Before harvesting |
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| After harvesting |
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| Got just over 5 ounces of stalks |
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| Roasted rhubarb |
Very tart, but very tasty.
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