Rhubarbs doing well

[zigs]

At least somethings thriving in this pants weather.



Had my first Rhubarb & Custard of the year for pudding today. Lovely.

 

[claudine]

Wow, this is a beautiful Rhubarb, Zigs! It's so enormous. I used to grow Rhubarb some time ago too but it was never this big.
Rhubarb pudding sounds delicious

 

[zigs]

I think it likes the soil as it contains a lot of old lime mortar from the building works, this will have raised the PH quite a bit.

I also top dress it with ash from the woodburner.

Only planted it 3 years ago.

 

[zigs]

Something ate half the Sorrel plant next to it, probably a Deer.

 

[claudine]

It's strange that the deer wasn't interested in this gorgeous Rhubarb...but, to be honest, I know nothing about deer's preferences . I saw a few of these cute animals a few days ago though - I had no idea they live so close to my home.

 

[zigs]

It was deer alright, came back with all his mates last night, broke the fence, knocked the bean poles over, ate the rest of the Sorrel, had a go at the Rhubarb and ate all the Chives.

Seed bed is covered in hoof marks. They did leave some poo though.

 

[zigs]

I was wrong, not deer at all, look who I found in the garden at 6am this morning



Its the fat ram from the local farm, only took a pic of him yesterday,



The string fence I put up yesterday kept him off the veg plot

 

[Becky]

Wowzers that rhubarb looks great!

Ian's family have grown rhubarb for years and we're hoping to clear a space in our back garden so that next year we can join in the fun!

Sorry to hear about the damage from deer, how about a nice bit of venison pie to go with your rhubarb crumble?!

 

[zigs]

Cheers Becky,

Think you missed the last post though

 

[Becky]

Cheers Becky,

Think you missed the last post though

Oops! Hmmm he doesn't look like he'd make a tasty pie, so I'm glad the new fence is working!

 

[claudine]

Oh, how cute, a sheep visited your garden! I have no idea what would I do if I found one in mine...for sure I'd be very excited, I've never seen any sheep from close by.

 

[zigs]

He brought his mate too, the one with the black face in the second pic.

You'd like it round here then Claudine, You can creep up behind the lambs & tickle their ears, till they realise you're not their Mum

 

[claudine]

It's very likely that I'd be too scared of the sheep to creep up behind it, lol . But I find them really cute.
My dog would probably get insane if he saw sheep in our garden - he is a little, aggressive Yorkie who hates other animals

 

[zigs]

Sheep only get scary when they are protecting their lambs, seen one head butt a dog who had cornered its lamb once.

 

[GardenElixir]

They look nice and healthy. I love rhubarb, my uncle used to grow it all the time but strangely enough he told us he didn't like it, and only grew it for us. It goes great with something sweet!