Another view from the center of Le Grand-Pressigny.
In garden news, my radishes have sprouted out among the spring crops, but nothing else yet. And the damned moles are active out there. They've pushed up the soil under at least one row of spinach seeds. I gently pressed it back down. They won't eat the seeds or the roots (once the plants grow), but they do disrupt the soil. Arrgh! The rhubarb is also coming back nicely, except two of the plants decided to flower this year. I cut the flower heads off as soon as I noticed them. It may be time to dig up and divide them again.
No need to dig up and divide...
ReplyDeletewhat they are looking for is some nice muck!
Keep rooobarb well manured and it doesn't flower as much...
one of those cheap sacks of "fumier" will do just fine...
and plenty of water as the leaves grow, too.
The manure will help keep the moisture in, as well...
It is a myth that you have to dig up rhubarb and divide it...
We never touched our plants, just fed them....
the less disturbance on the root...
the main storage organ...
the better.
Our main plant was five foot in diameter when in leaf...
and only 18" across in winter...
leaves 18" to two foot square, and stalks to match...
tender ones, at that.
No, for good rhubarrrrb all you need is muck and water!!
And anything else you want to dump there....
our "inherited" plant had had all sorts dumped on it in the past....
it seemed to be growing in a midden...
visible in winter were...
an old handhook blade....
old verdigrised brass buttons
assorted bases and other bits of glass bottles, from medicine to beer....
broken greenhouse and coldframe glass...
and stones...
lots of stones!!
And if you think it is worth getting another plant going, mark one of the offshoots this summer and digg it off with a sharp spade once the plant has died back.
DeletePlant that up in a new heap.
Love hearing about the garden again :) Boy oh boy, I am so excited about spring this year *LOL*.
ReplyDelete4-midable ! Good luck with the moles. I never could get rid of them when we lived in the States.
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