Triffid tale
Nothing makes such a dramatic entrance as rhubarb. It’s thick fleshy shoots emerge from the ground like a monster from the deep. All I need do now is to mulch with some garden compost around the base making sure I don’t get too near the emerging shoots or it could cause them to rot.
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About the Author
Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.
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