Rhubarb

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?Rhubarb 28 April 2009 Rhubarb
Rhubarb is amongst the first edible plants to start growing in the Spring. Chives is slightly sooner. The stalks are pulled when a suitable length and diameter about 1.5 cm is reached. The stalks are harvested to about the 20th of June, then the plant is allowed to accumulate food for next year's growth.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?RhubarbC 3 May 2009 First Rhubarb
A few of the larger stalks were pulled, and this makes a bowl full of cooked rhubarb.Rhubarb stalks are almost all water, so it takes a fair number of stalks to make any quantity of sauce.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?RhubarbI 12 May 2009 Rhubarb
A few of the largest stalks were pulled. The leaves will be used to make an insecticide on a trial basis. Here is the method. Boil 500 grams of rhubarb leaves in a few pints of water for about 20 minutes, allow to cool, then strain the liquid into a suitable container. Add some dish detergent and spray on leaves to kill off all kinds of bugs like aphids and spider mites.

NOTE: Rhubarb leaves contain high amounts of oxalic acid. If ingested, your heart will stop and you will die.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?RhubarbT 18 May 2009 Rhubarb Third Picking