Rhubarb shoots popping through the ground is one of the first signs of spring. Rhubarb varieties with deep red stems are the most popular, but green varieties are more productive. Color and sweetness ...

Cut The Pieces Small For Baking Cakes And Muffins Two of rhubarb's quirks have a direct impact on the quality and texture of your baked goods, so let's start there. One is that it's over 90% water by ...

It’s rhubarb season! Those vibrant, tart stalks signal summertime like no other. And what better way to celebrate this seasonal plant than in a classic dessert: rhubarb pie. My grandmother always made ...

Q: It is mid-April here in Michigan. When should I fertilize the asparagus and rhubarb? Is it too early to transplant rhubarb? When is the ideal time to transplant rhubarb? Should I mulch the ...

Dear Master Gardener: Can you tell me if mowing off my rhubarb will kill or hurt it. My lawn boys mowed off my rhubarb. What should I do? Answer: As long as you still have some root in the ground it ...

Rhubarb may be botanically a vegetable, but it is legally a fruit, as ruled by the U.S. Customs Court in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1947. Whatever you want to classify it, rhubarb bridges the gap between ...

When it comes to rhubarb, now available locally, things are not always what they seem. We think of it as a fruit (but it’s actually related to sorrel and buckwheat). We refer to its edible stalks, ...

I have a problem. I keep trying to put away my winter coat. Yet somehow I am always defeated. It seems every time I try, some (aptly named) freak Arctic weather pattern comes roaring through and I am ...