We are not from up north, but if you are, you probably recognize this plant.  It is Rhubarb just emerging after the winter.

 

Years ago, Hilda (who is from Ohio) divided her Rhubarb and offered some to me.  Of course, I love growing plants, so I took some and planted it in a shady part of the garden.  It has been growing there ever since.  I divide it once in a while, and offer the extra plants to my gardening friends.  

 

Jon remembers his grandmother in Seattle, when he was little, making rhubarb sauce and he loved it.  So I grow it, and harvest stems when they get big, and he makes a delicious rhubarb sauce (kinda like apple sauce) and has it as dessert.  

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!