Rhubarb is a perennial vegetable that is primarily used as a fruit in cooking. It grows best in full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. Rhubarb should not be harvested the first year it is planted to ...
Let’s set the record straight: Rhubarb is a vegetable, though it’s often put to the same culinary uses as fruit. Think jellies, sauces and pies. The confusion on rhubarb’s standing in the food world ...
"I always picked pie plant for my mother on a farm in Wheatland (N.D.)," Francis Smylie, 93, of Fargo, writes. "Could this be a Danish term? She was 100 percent Dane." May be, Francis. But here's ...
The chances are you may know most of the usual suspects that are typically planted in the fall, such as onions, fava beans, and garlic. These all require long waits for a harvest, and, admittedly, ...
Called the "pie plant," rhubarb is the perfect sour-tart ingredient in the season's first fresh cobbler, crumble, crisp or pie. If you don't have a rhubarb plant, or a source among your friends and ...
Crocuses, tulips and daffodils toss their heads in the spring sunshine, several robins are feasting on earthworms near the back deck and next to the garden fence, the crinkly red and green leaf buds ...
— Basic rhubarb crisp: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 1 1/2- to 2-quart baking dish or make individual crisps using ramekins. In a bowl, combine 6 cups of 1/2-inch pieces of rhubarb, 1 cup ...
SUMNER, Wash. — Farmers in Sumner started growing rhubarb in the late 1800s after a blight hit the hops industry. Today, Sumner still produces a lot of rhubarb, and they even have a festival ...