Think the Rain Will Hurt the Rhubarb?
We're gardening this year like never before -- but kinda close to once.
Last year we had our first garden where the chicken coop used to be, and it was fair. This year, a friend has gone in with us. She didn't want to garden where she's living because she's renting. I totally understand that sentiment.
She's from the same latitude we are living in -- just over in Virginia. We're from northen Pennsylvania originally, although we lived in Florida prior to moving here, and gardening there was -- well, not very productive if you don't have a ton of money for irrigation. Anyway, she got some rhubarb plants, which she and Husband put in a few days ago and they seem to like it where they are.
Now, I don't know that I've ever had rhubarb and strawberry pie, but I like rhubarb sauce, which is boiled with just enough water to keep it from scorching and just enough sugar so your teeth don't pucker up when it's in your mouth. My favorite way of eating it is on bread and butter -- messy but good for what ails a body.
It rained last night -- just a little -- and the weatherman promises more rain through Monday. From what I've seen of the little plants today, they're saying: "Bring it on! We like it here!"
Last year we had our first garden where the chicken coop used to be, and it was fair. This year, a friend has gone in with us. She didn't want to garden where she's living because she's renting. I totally understand that sentiment.
She's from the same latitude we are living in -- just over in Virginia. We're from northen Pennsylvania originally, although we lived in Florida prior to moving here, and gardening there was -- well, not very productive if you don't have a ton of money for irrigation. Anyway, she got some rhubarb plants, which she and Husband put in a few days ago and they seem to like it where they are.
Now, I don't know that I've ever had rhubarb and strawberry pie, but I like rhubarb sauce, which is boiled with just enough water to keep it from scorching and just enough sugar so your teeth don't pucker up when it's in your mouth. My favorite way of eating it is on bread and butter -- messy but good for what ails a body.
It rained last night -- just a little -- and the weatherman promises more rain through Monday. From what I've seen of the little plants today, they're saying: "Bring it on! We like it here!"
posted by Jane Bierce | 2:40 PM
1 Comments:
Frib, Strawberry/Rhubarb pie is wonderful. They used to have it at our Sam's fairly frequently, but I haven't seen it lately. Thimble got a "Razzleberry Pie" from Mrs Smith that was nice - raspberries and blackberries mixed together... The same kind of tart/sweet mixture as the rhubarb and strawberries. We've got wild blackberries on the vines we've coaxed into place on the fenceline by the drainage ditch - but that's about all, yet. Happy gardening!
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