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Rhubarb Index 2017
Jim Norman,
Make sure you pack your pie tins.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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04-02-2017, 04:45 PM
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Looking great! Mine isn't quite that big but now that we've had partial sun for two days, anything could happen. And my asparagus is coming up fast- a few more days and I can make a meal or two of it.
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04-02-2017, 04:48 PM
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Man o man, rhubarb pie. I wonder if I can bring it back across the border and make at home?
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04-02-2017, 09:37 PM
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Jim Norman,
Make sure you pack your pie tins.
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Wow! Look Out! Run Glenn .... Run
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04-02-2017, 09:48 PM
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Wow! Look Out! Run Glenn .... Run
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You think?
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04-02-2017, 10:40 PM
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I checked today: the last of the snow and ice have melted off of the rhubarb (but not the whole yard), but there is no hint of a shoot coming up yet. 
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04-03-2017, 01:25 AM
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I checked today: the last of the snow and ice have melted off of the rhubarb (but not the whole yard), but there is no hint of a shoot coming up yet. |
Maybe those neighbours to the west could mail us some?
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04-03-2017, 01:27 AM
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You think?
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Yup .... Revenge of the Rubarb!
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04-03-2017, 02:01 AM
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Pick up some popcorn and watch:
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04-03-2017, 02:22 AM
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Jim Norman,
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Glen, any chance that we could get a part of your rhubarb plant in the fall? I think it would make the couple of mile journey just fine!
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04-03-2017, 05:58 AM
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I think Glenn has a special fertilizer (beer), I notice some fancy mirrors which may help him with sunlight?
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04-03-2017, 08:33 AM
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I think Glenn has a special fertilizer (beer), I notice some fancy mirrors which may help him with sunlight?
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Hi: cpaharley2008... I think they help Glenn reflect on his Rhubarb. As for beer...What a waste. It's the "BS" that does it!!!  Alf
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04-03-2017, 11:09 AM
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Glen, any chance that we could get a part of your rhubarb plant in the fall? I think it would make the couple of mile journey just fine!
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Yup. I haven't split the root for several years now.
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04-03-2017, 11:44 AM
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Yup. I haven't split the root for several years now.
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How do you decide it is time to split it? I got my starts from a neighbor a couple of years ago so not ready yet. I just noticed she moved all of hers to a raised bed. I just planted a couple more crowns this spring but I also think I'm going to transition them to a raised bed since our soil is mostly sand.
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04-03-2017, 11:48 AM
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Also a note on rhubarb pie: for those of you traveling to or from Chilliwack who opt for the Port Townsend/Coupeville ferry route, not far past the ferry turnoff on Whidbey is Greenbank Farm and the Whidbey Pies Cafe. Great pie (good food, too) and almost always room to park a trailer (though you might have to be able to back it, too, to get back out). Great rhubarb pie but also many other kinds.
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04-03-2017, 12:10 PM
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I just moved mine when I got tired of it being where it was. Must have been in the fall. I'd check with Prof. Google.
And, mine is in a raised bed. If you are going to build a raised bed, keep it to no more than 4' wide ( three would be better ). Mine are 5' wide and I can't reach the centre without much effort.
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04-03-2017, 05:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
I just moved mine when I got tired of it being where it was. Must have been in the fall. I'd check with Prof. Google.
And, mine is in a raised bed. If you are going to build a raised bed, keep it to no more than 4' wide ( three would be better ). Mine are 5' wide and I can't reach the centre without much effort.
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Hi: gbaglo... You need to get to know "Ben Dover". Alf
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Hi Alf
That and a harvesting machete. It's all about the reach. I did not harvest any from mine the first two years. Rhubarb crunch still hot with cold vanilla bean ice cream. Puts a baked Alaskan to shame in my weighty opinion.
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04-03-2017, 06:33 PM
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Hi: Iowa Dave... Never had a baked Alaskan... but I did have Deep fried Vanilla Icecream... in San Antonio Florida. WoW... enough for 2 with dueling spoons!!! Alf
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04-03-2017, 10:58 PM
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Quote:
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Yup. I haven't split the root for several years now.
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Thanks, we can touch base later in the year.
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