I bought at least three rhubarb starts over the nine years we’ve lived here…all of which were bought at well-known Home and Garden stores locally. They all started out looking great, only to die during the harsh Idaho Winters. I had all but given up on fresh rhubarb pie, when a friend offered to give me a start from the huge plant in his garden. His 90-year-old mother couldn’t tell me just how old this rhubarb plant was, it had been there in the garden forever. How that start took off and grew!… and now a few years later, it’s firmly established in my garden. That old rhubarb plant reminded me of the settlers that traveled over dangerous, unknown territory to make the wiles of Idaho their home…To survive, they too had to acclimate to the harsh climate, and unforgiving winds. But like that old rhubarb plant they not only thrived, but flourished.
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