tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554207859939311318.post3688847802203543257..comments2023-04-02T06:41:50.134-05:00Comments on K-Town Homestead: Rhubarb and ... tomatoes?Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11367654702422691061noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554207859939311318.post-12728083406922324312010-04-09T01:33:28.770-05:002010-04-09T01:33:28.770-05:00I'm fallin in love with Rhubarb!! It's all...I'm fallin in love with Rhubarb!! It's all i've been thinking about . I recently found out that my girlfriends dad had Rhubarb plants growing in his yard but considered it a Weed! and got rid of them...nearly broke my heart! i'm interested to hear about you pickling them.Finding My Green Thumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502237740503478314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554207859939311318.post-59048438917237300462010-04-05T21:36:09.794-05:002010-04-05T21:36:09.794-05:00I've had good luck with brandywine in previous...I've had good luck with brandywine in previous gardens but not here. Last year I thought they were so mealy because of the cool temps and long time to ripen, or maybe because my garden doesn't get quite 6 hrs of sun. No brandywine this year for me.<br /><br />My mom has a bunch of rubarb growing in her garden. This year I might get up to her place early enough to cop a division. I garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554207859939311318.post-49415654293364687952010-04-05T15:57:26.797-05:002010-04-05T15:57:26.797-05:00My wintersown tomatoes came up this week, too. Ya...My wintersown tomatoes came up this week, too. Yay!<br /><br />I've never grown rhubarb before... mostly because the only thing I've ever used it for is rhubarb and strawberry pie, which is so sweet we wouldn't want it more than once a season. But it does look pretty in the vegetable garden. :)Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454557080455458675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554207859939311318.post-9410191875335209262010-04-05T12:21:18.619-05:002010-04-05T12:21:18.619-05:00I've been glared at by heirloom tomato fanatic...I've been glared at by heirloom tomato fanatics for saying this, but I've grown brandywine twice and both times had mushy, mealy fruit. It doesn't bear too heavily, which doesn't bother me, but the texture overwhelmed the flavor. I'm convinced the only reason folks around here grow it is because of the appealing name. Maybe it does better elsewhere, with a different set of Abbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367654702422691061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554207859939311318.post-64172085150090919842010-04-05T11:16:56.542-05:002010-04-05T11:16:56.542-05:00Rhubarb was one of the first plants I grew as a ch...Rhubarb was one of the first plants I grew as a child. I don't grow it now, but I buy it to make my favorite strawberry rhubarb pie.<br /><br />I am going to grow a cross tomato this year called "Brandy Boy." I wasn't too impressed with Brandywine some years ago, so we'll see.<br /><br />EileenGatsbys Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04228978705943696143noreply@blogger.com