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Mrs.Anteater said:
I divided my rhubarb yesterday to share it with my son- it was just barely coming up. Never divided before in 8 years or so. I never knew rhubarb has such huge roots. I hope my plant will recover, gave him a good heap of compost.
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I think that's how Mom got her rhubarb back in the day. Someone she knew, maybe a neighbor, was dividing a big clump.

I haven't had rhubarb in eons. Mom used to use it pies, mostly.
 
Mendalla said:
I think that's how Mom got her rhubarb back in the day. Someone she knew, maybe a neighbor, was dividing a big clump.

I haven't had rhubarb in eons. Mom used to use it pies, mostly.
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Yes, I even think one is supposed to divide it up more often to make it grow better. But I think it is supposed to be done in the fall....
 
I planted a bunch of root divisions at the school garden last spring - they're all doing great! I just wish the kids were around so we could all enjoy together.
 
My siblings used to eat the raw stalks dipped in sugar. I'm not a sour/sharp taste lover. We've been watching the rhubarb and waiting - it is time for rhubarb cake.
 
Lol. My mom had a patch but we ate so much of it that she struggled to get it bigger. Just needed a couple of extra roots

goign to put some more seeds in today, looks like a nicer day again
 
Lastpointe said:
Lol. My mom had a patch but we ate so much of it that she struggled to get it bigger. Just needed a couple of extra roots

goign to put some more seeds in today, looks like a nicer day again
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I believe the rule is to never harvest more than half of the stalks. Or maybe 2/3
 
Or in our family it was as soon as they were about as big as your finger. Lol. She used it a lot and we all loved it

planted carrots today. Put compost around. Split some hosta plants. So nice to have a warm sunny day
 
Many years ago our next door neighbour decided it was time to smarten up their back yard. It was basically just a patch of dirt with a rhubarb patch right on the property line between us. We had always cheerfully shared the rhubarb but they wanted it gone. We dug some out for a new patch in a corner of our yard. Our neighbour dug out the rest. We hit some bad weather and nothing was done for a week or two but when the neighbour was ready to get busy again the rhubarb was up and flourishing. He dug it out again and worked up the yard with a rototiller.
The next weekend he went out and found rhubarb popping up again so he rototilled it again and doused the area with weed killer.
The following weekend he planned to lay sod - so he dug out the rhubarb again and sodded over right over it.
The following summer we all got to pick rhubarb as if it had never been disturbed!
 
I split a few hostas today too Laspointe :-) What a glorious day it was here - warm enough to just be out in a shirt, mucking about in the garden. My neighbour gave me some May Apples - a native plant here in Ontario, so I had to figure out a spot to plant them - which of course led to moving a couple of other things, thinning stuff that has spread too far ... you know how it goes. I also planted out my sweet pea seedlings - I've been hardening them off for a while & I think the time is right! Fingers crossed.

My husband stained the front stairs & the wood bordering the front garden today - so one plant that I love was overhanging the edge needed to be dug, divided & replanted too ... 'tis the season! He also put out his treasured whirly-gig that we bought last year -and now it's quite windy so it's been whirling away! Went to visit neighbours - had a socially distanced visit on their back patio - so nice to sit outdoors again. There was enough breeze then to keep the horrid little midges away, which was a great help.
 
I did some weeding and got the veggie beds ready. Dug out the strawberry plants and put them in hanging baskets. They get so many runners, taking over the beds. I had bought some pansies at the Mennonite nursery the other day andput those in planters. The nursery was like they never heard of covid or social distancing- themkids were running around me and there was no measurements taken to protect at the cashier or to keep people apart. I was the only customer,but the non distancing kids were a concern.
Bugs are not bad yet, so weeding wasn’t too bad.
 
And now today it’s 3, cold and windy. Come on May weather!

i have some may apples, trilliums, jack inThe pulpits, violets. I have them all together at the edge of the lawn where the trees start. All are forest plants. So they like soil with lots of rotting compost and leaves. They like early spring sun light so under deciduous trees works best. But I want to put more in an area that we walk more frequently so I see them more

there is a bush area that we frequent to dig them up.
 
I have a lawn more than a garden question but maybe someone will know.

My backyard needs some help in the grass department. What is there is patchy at best and thin which makes it very muddy when it gets wet. I want plant/seed it with something to fill it in. I’d be interested in doing something other than grass but it also has to be dog safe/friendly. The yard gets little to no sunlight close to the house and afternoon sun closer to the back fence.

Any suggestions?
 
When I was growing up, the lawns on our street always had a lot of white clover. We used to have great fun hunting for the four-leafed specimens. I recall one particular patch that had oodles and oodles of them.

I haven't seen much clover in lawns anywhere for years.
 
I briefly looked into clover but thought it said it required lots of sun. I will look into white (and red I can mow it to keep it shorter though that may defeat the purpose).
 
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