when are you sowing your garden this year?

[Irving]

I might have one of those old rhubarb plants in my back yard. I mowed over it every year I've lived here except last year. It grew pretty big, and I tried some of the raw fruit, but otherwise I don't know what to do with it.

EDIT: Wife planted all the seeds on Sunday, right before the hail. We were mostly out of the hail danger zone. It would have destroyed plants, but we only had seeds. A lot of the stuff is sprouting already. What I think are radishes must have sprouted in only about 4 days. They are already off the races. I put in more sod tonight and the flowers planted in the front are taking off as well. Hopefully I'm looking at having a nice looking yard this year. I fertilized both the front and back (back didn't really need it) and everything is greening up nicely.

[Hummer]

Wish we lived closer to you two. The things I could learn by watching all the magic that happens bubbling away in those jars/carboys, or in this case just soaking away I guess...

It's rewarding to make things from your own garden but I think the magic comes from sipping what's in the jars.

I might have one of those old rhubarb plants in my back yard. I mowed over it every year I've lived here except last year. It grew pretty big, and I tried some of the raw fruit, but otherwise I don't know what to do with it.

If it's still going you could transplant it to a corner of your garden. It likes plenty of water and full sun. Raw rhubarb isn't really palatable, kind of like raw potato, and the leaves are poisonous. The stalks need to be cooked, boiled in water with sugar, or baked. Combine it with strawberries, peaches or apricots. Rhubarb is in some grocery stores now at about $4/lb. A little bit goes a long ways.

We're still working on the 21 lbs. our friend brought us. Mrs. Hummer made a rhubarb custard yesterday.