Before and after there was Rhubarb

Learning to be on the porch and not taking off is one of Fugee's last tricks.  I don't think I could write a post with out a picture of her in it.  She brings a smile to our faces from the moment we wake up to the moment she curls in bed with us. 

I collected the Rhubarb stalks from a plant that was shaded by raspberries last year.  I cleared that section of the garden this year and the plant grew exponentially! 

I collected the stalks by pulling them out of the plant with a motion to the right or left of the main stem.  Sometimes you might break the stalk and that is okay, but you have to freeze the stalk or use it right away.  The leaves of Rhubarb are poisonous.  

I washed the stalks and cut them in 1 inch pieces, put them in freezer bag and hopefully make strawberry-rhubarb jam, rhubarb cake and rhubarb sauce.

We have also named another of our chickens... She has the least amount of black on her beak, therefore she is now called Blanca or Blanquita!