MAKE ROOM FOR RHUBARB
think rhubarb is one of the most overlooked plants in the allotment or kitchen garden. It has a reputation for being indestructible, and so often gets sidelined to a shady or ‘problem’ area of the garden. Year in, year out we expect it to produce a crop, with just the occasional mulch of manure if it’s lucky, but happily spend time and money cossetting the latest ‘must-have’ kiwi fruit, Pluot (apricot/plum cross) or doughnut peach. Maybe familiarity has bred contempt, but for me the rich history of the rhubarb makes it well worth further investigation, and thanks to a new wave of British chefs there are a huge number of ways
