Forgive my rhubarb obsession, but I can’t think of anything in my garden that returns so much pleasure for so little effort. As long as I feed my rhubarb – manure tea is its drink of choice – it feeds ...

Rhubarb becomes the star plant in my vegetable garden when I can add it to summer fruit pies. There is a progression, beginning with strawberry rhubarb pie, followed by raspberry rhubarb, culminating ...

That's why the classic rhubarb food has always been well-composted horse manure, not fresh. Poultry manure should also work well. Now, some varieties can set seed, which is bad. If you see seeds ...

The first fruit I pick from my garden isn't even a fruit. It's rhubarb -- one of the most trouble-free pie and sauce crops you can grow in our area. Bugs seldom bother it, disease rarely strikes it, ...

So anxious are my hills of rhubarb to get started every spring that their petioles practically jump up through the soil and mulch that covers them. One of the reasons for their enthusiasm is that they ...

It's officially spring, and as gardeners have done for age upon age, it's time to start the seasonal planting. Back in 1977, WTAE took viewers through the steps they should take to get their soil ...

Some of its varieties include the victoria and the suttons, which have large green stalks. The ruby, valentine and Canada red are popular for their pink and red color and tender stalks. You can buy ...

I’ve been getting manure for my garden by looking at the “giveaway” section of the local classifieds. Got some great “stuff” from a horse farm the other week, and yesterday I came home with a nice ...

We humans can be so difficult to please. If plants flower when we want them to, we call it blooming. But if plants flowers when we don’t want them to, we call it bolting. Flowering is an undesirable ...

Reluctantly, it is time to see the end of this year’s asparagus and rhubarb harvest. Because of their perennial growth habit, asparagus and rhubarb must be given a chance to rebuild food reserves so ...