I picked all the rhubarb from our little garden last week. The one plant we have there was HUGE and was taking up far too much space, the amount of rhubarb it has given us is brilliant for it's first year in situ, this is the second harvest that we have had, the first one a little bit smaller.
Once washed and chopped I divided it between two bags so we could have half each.
Almost 3lbs each of lovely homegrown rhubarb from my little Victory Garden. Now tucked safely in Alan's freezer as mine is full to capacity. It means we will both have lovely homegrown fruit for Winter use.
(Yes, I know officially it's a vegetable. 😄)
The reason my freezer had no room for the rhubarb!!
This is the inventory that I did last week and it has all these things on it. When these things are used up gradually over time, more than half of them will not be replaced. Although I might allow myself a sneaky Garlic Kiev every now and then. 😏
Sue xx
Harvesting and freezing or preserving home grown produce is very satisfying, isn't it? I have a colander full of tiny Asian pears I harvested before they were fully ripe (branches were breaking from the weight of the fruit!) and I am trying to figure out what I do with them so they don't go to waste (they will not ripen once picked).
ReplyDeleteIt's very satisfying, even on this small scale. I really don't miss the huge harvests we used to get and having to spend hours dealing with them.
DeleteI've missed having homegrown veg this year, although a neighbour has given us courgettes and runner beans a few times. I've even missed the gluts!
ReplyDeleteMaybe next year. But the thing is whatever there is a glut of, is nice and cheap in the shops at the moment. So you could still get some seasonal things preserved.
DeleteThat's a thoroughly organised freezer, well done!
ReplyDeleteIt's handy having a list of what's where while it's so full, saves me scrabbling around in all three drawers for something.
DeleteOne of us in our house likes an organised freezer and one chucks stuff in anywhere. Today the organised person is going to tidy it out yet again so that she can see what we actually have. Catriona
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like the organised person needs to have a little word with the stuff chucker. 🤣
DeleteMyn THREE freezers are usually a mess. Once I thaw them, I arrange everything very neatly and very logically... but after a while chaos happens ;-) I do know where everything is among chaos, but my teenagers are often desperate.
ReplyDeleteI use rhubarbs as a vegetable, not just in jams and pies and crumbles (and rhubarb mead/champagne is yummy!), rhubarb salsa is good - if you happen to like salsa, that is. I use it also in stir frys just like any othe veggie. My own rhubarb is not so profilic, it lives in not so perfect place, but I have free access to neighbour's huge rhubarb jungle. Last summer I froze about 10kg of rhubarb, and it was a bit too much, so this summer I have only 5kg in the freezer.
But rhubarb is definitely one of the most satisfying vegetable, it doesn't require much attention and it just keeps giving!
Ulvmor
I'm not keen on salsa, but I bet Alan would love that. He likes to mix his fruits and vegetables. 'Only' 5kg in the freezer sounds like a very healthy amount. 😀
DeleteThat's a very impressive harvest from one plant. Crikey....I can see why you have no room in your freezer for more!
ReplyDeleteIt's dond amazingly well this year, and it's tasty stuff too.
DeleteOoooh, I love rhubarb especially with custard. I have yet to prepare many several apples for the freezer ,I think it will be done at the dining table listening to radio 4 extra. We had pizzas today, they were yummy , I used the last of my dairy free yoghurt to make the base so that's another item gone that we won't be replacing on rations or can it be used as part of our milk ration I wonder .
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had the pizzas, a nice modern twist on wartime ration. Using old ingredients in modern recognisable ways is a good way to keep this challenge manageable and fun isn't it. 😀
DeleteI will always consider rhubarb to be a fruit.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I know, I don't think I could have it in anything savoury, I'm sure Alan would though, he likes his fruity salads and also 'sweet and sour' dishes.
DeleteIt's taken me three attempts but I've finally got a rhubarb plant to "take" -- I've no idea why the other two didn't make it, but a change of location seems to have done the trick. I'm very much looking forward to getting a harvest next year...this year I was ecstatic just to see it popping up in the spring! The thought of a lovely rhubarb crumble in February is a thing of joy :D
ReplyDeleteWe had that problem when we lived in Wales, it took a couple of attempts to get the rhubarb into a spot that it loved, but once you get it right the plant does well. This area in the chippings is obviously a favourite spot for plants here, last year we put a courgette plant (zucchini) there and it went manic with fruits really quickly and overtook the whole area. This year we chose a different spot for our courgette plants and they have struggled and sulked all Summer.
DeleteThat's obviously prime plant real estate!!
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