I used to live in a small town with a museum in the 19th century home of longtime residents. The kitchen garden was preserved and thriving along with shaded rhubarb plants and herbs like spearmint and lemon balm, and flowers like calendula, passionflower and wisteria. One year I was given permission to harvest some of those through the seasons. Rhubarb was a pleasant surprise hidden beneath a huge flowering shrub. I learned a lot about plants important to a 19th century housewife’s kitchen and medicine chest.
Thanks for the recipe. I have three rhubarbs in my garden. It is my first harvest of the season, and I love it. I think I’ll try making jam this year. I tried asparagus years ago before I knew what I was doing and never returned to it. We get a lot of spring asparagus in our local garden share, and it is delicious.
Amazing looking rhubarb!
I used to live in a small town with a museum in the 19th century home of longtime residents. The kitchen garden was preserved and thriving along with shaded rhubarb plants and herbs like spearmint and lemon balm, and flowers like calendula, passionflower and wisteria. One year I was given permission to harvest some of those through the seasons. Rhubarb was a pleasant surprise hidden beneath a huge flowering shrub. I learned a lot about plants important to a 19th century housewife’s kitchen and medicine chest.
I should have said “a museum *housed* in the 19th…”
I just planted my first ever rhubarb this week!!
Thanks for the recipe. I have three rhubarbs in my garden. It is my first harvest of the season, and I love it. I think I’ll try making jam this year. I tried asparagus years ago before I knew what I was doing and never returned to it. We get a lot of spring asparagus in our local garden share, and it is delicious.