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Carolyn
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Mine is almost ready to pick - any fab ideas for doing something with it!
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:37 pm |
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Mine too!! 
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:52 pm |
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 6:32 am |
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I just planted mine yesterday - love it but have never had it in the garden before. Got a good size plant from the garden-centre and hope to have a crop this year already Upside-down cake with rhubarb and ginger will be the first thing I make xxxx N.
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:52 am |
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Sorry we only ever use it for crumble. How do you know when it's ready ? I'm asking because i pick mine when it looks like it about to start dying  _________________ Crafty life, don't you just love it
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:45 pm |
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I've got an easy-peasy fruit flan/crumble recipe which I'll dig out sometime and put here on Sunday.
You could make rhubarb meringue - like lemon meringue. Would probably work quite well as both are quite sharp. Rhubarb fool (and cream).
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Carolyn
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:14 pm |
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I am not quite sure how you decide when it is ready - size really I think. Mine is pink champagne (I think) and it is quite skinny compared to some of the other varieties and I did leave it a bit too long last year.
I have read you are not supposed to pick it in the first season - you need to let it develop. This is my 3rd season and it has 2 crowns now.
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:14 pm |
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I will check out the link Nikki
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:33 pm |
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:40 pm |
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I can't believe how expensive it is...
I have a rhubarb seedling coming - so think i'll wait for my puddings...lol (or buy tinned - I know, slap me)
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:37 pm |
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We bought a new plant last year. Will it be ok to cut this year?
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Carolyn
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 8:15 am |
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I guess it depends if you put it in at the beginning or end of last year. I think it is supposed to have produced rhubarb and left with it on for one year.
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:11 am |
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Hmm I think we planted it at about this time of year.
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Zug Stitcher
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Oh hec! Is that really true? It is extraordinarily expensive to buy here and I was SO looking forward to making all kinds of things already this year. We just love it but rarely get it due to price.
Also - does anyone have gooseberries in their garden? Can't get the plants here at all so plan to try to smuggle a seedling back next time we go to the UK! anything special to watch out for with them?
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