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Planting & Growing Rhubarb

January 31, 2012 - GrowOrganic

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Rhubarb is easy, ornamental, and deer resistant

Want an easy edible that looks good too? Include rhubarb in your vegetable garden or your landscape, for brilliant color that the deer won’t bother. Perennial vegetables like rhubarb are such garden winners—plant them and have them in your garden for years to come, with very little maintenance. Tricia plants rhubarb in our new video, and talks about its easy care. Rhubarb can grow in full sun or part shade. RHUBARB PIE IN YOUR FUTUREOn our Organic Gardening Resource Center page we have…

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Rhubarb is easy, ornamental, and deer resistant February 17, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley Want an easy edible that looks good too? Include rhubarb in your vegetable garden or your landscape, for brilliant color that the deer won’t bother. Perennial vegetables like rhubarb are such garden… read more»	Make your asparagus bed once, enjoy it for 20 years January 19, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley Want to grow vegetables and take it easy? Perennial vegetables are the way to go. Supreme among the perennial vegetables is asparagus—plant it and then reap the benefits for up to 20 years.… read more»
Keep artichokes going through the winter in USDA zone 6 and 7 gardens November 17, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley Artichokes are the new stars of the edible garden. Of course we all love to dip the chokes in butter, but artichoke plants also have great garden design elements with their dramatic height, spiky foliage,… read more»	Jerusalem Artichokes 101 November 17, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley Want an easy to grow, unusual vegetable? Try Jerusalem artichokes. What is a Jerusalem artichoke? Jerusalem artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus) are really sunflowers with fat, edible roots. They’re… read more»
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Favorite Images from June 20th-24th June 24, 2011 - Stephanie from Peaceful Valley This week we have some lovely, happy plants from the yard of our nursery manager. Check out those artichokes, and artfully trained hops. Scattered in I’ve included some fun pictures from market here… read more»

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Helen Slate Says:

Feb 18th, 2012 at 7:42 am

I love the videos and helpful hints!!

Ellen Sweeney Says:

Jan 19th, 2013 at 6:18 pm

I bought a house with a large bed of rhubarb. How much do I cut back in the winter and what part do I leave?
I understand that I don’t want to eat the leaves, but can I put them in my compost?