Proof in the pudding?

So today I decided that it was probably high time I tried some of the rhubarb. After a long day slaving away at college portioning turkeys as part of my nvq (I pay £30 a day to do this - I have no idea why), I hurried home in the glorious, yet cold sunshine to see the progress of all my plants, but mainly to address the rhubarb question. I have a fellow gardener friend at college, who didn't really know how to advise me on my rhubarb, other than to tell me the purpose of 'forcing' it by covering it with a big pot. Supposedly, rhubarb that has been 'forced' is more tender and has a different colour stem. Now, my array of plant pots is quite limited in size, I do have some big ones, but not really in the realms of how big the plant had become, so I figured 'what the heck' and cut off three big stems and covered the remaining plant with my biggest pot!

 

 Out of these three stalks I made these rhubarb crumbles! It tasted actually very good, quite tangy and certainly very flavoursome. I'd like to get some stems that have a pinker colour to them as these stewed extremely green!

Today has been a strange day in my garden, a good friend of mine took a leap of faith this afternoon and got on a plane to New Zealand, with a one way ticket. Here's her blog: http://skatersjourney.blogspot.com/ This skater used to live with me in my home, and had the special responsibility of weeding and sweeping the path, a job I found myself doing at almost the precise time of her boarding her flight. So I think I am going to plant a sunflower to remind me of her this summer. Keep your eyes peeled in July!