Ornamental rhubarbs

Applause. Love the planter and table. You're right about the rhubarb ... should look awesome with all that color.

EDIT: How long with that pine last in there? Or rather, when will you have to transplant it?

Liking those colors-WOW!!!

Nice never seen yellow rhubarb before. Are the leaves poisonous on the yellow too? Insect resistant, never seen a leaf that has been eaten. Should have no problem growing them. Long lived, mine was taken from the one on the farm in 83. The one on the farm was planted in the 20's. Might need a bigger container, at full growth mine is about 4' around. Leaves over a foot wide. Makes great jam when mixed with strawberries or saskatoon berries. If you soak the leaves you make a powerful poison that will kill and keep bugs off other plants. Wash your hands after handling.

That rhubarb sure is pretty! A neighbor made us a rhubarb pie. It was pretty and tasty.

Good looking planter and table, too.

Never knew the leaves were poisonous Billy. When I was a kid I thought the whole plant was poison at the dinner table.
Went to see my Grandma up in Pennsylvania and she used elderberries and rhubarb to make pie.
Sounds similar to your Saskatoon berry concoction. Either way, I was not going to eat that pie till she persuaded me too taste it.
It was all over then, very delicious stuff. Loved rhubarbs ever since.

Now why do cold crops grow gargantuan size in cold climates. Stored nutrients ? Our mountain cabbage gets huge, not down here on low land though.

I thought about drinking the whole bottle of wine Pat.

Ya I forgot about the wine. Good stuff, mom made a lot of it.

Ingestion of rhubarb leaves produces a variety of rhubarb-leaf-poisoning symptoms. This is because of the substance called oxalate found in these toxic-leaves.

Watch your dogs.
www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/rhubarb/

www.savor-the-rhubarb.com/rhubarb-leaf-poisoning.html

Rhubarb is an intriguing plant, with edible red stalks and a poison in every large, green leaf. The stems are traditionally used as an ingredient in desserts, but have an even wider range of cooking uses. The leaves, however, kill. The poison in the leaves is oxalic acid, which will stop the human heart if ingested. However, the leaves can also be used to make a natural pesticide that breaks down quickly and disposes of many unwelcome bugs without inhibiting the presence of beneficial bees. Below are two ways to use rhubarb leaves to protect your garden from insects.
Rhubarb Spray

1 cup rhubarb leaves
6.5 cups water
¼ cup liquid dish detergent or soap flakes
1 large pot
A spray bottle
Step 1: Place the rhubarb leaves in the pot and cover them with the water.
Step 2: Boil the water and leaves for 20 to 30 minutes. Then remove the pot from the heat and let the contents cool.
Step 3: Strain the resulting liquid into a spray bottle. Dispose of the boiled leaves.
Step 4: Add the dish detergent and mix the liquid well.
Step 5: Spray the resulting liquid on your plants to kill aphids and other disruptive insects. However, do not use rhubarb spray on food bearing plants. The poison will break down quickly, but there is still a risk that the sprayed food will have oxalic acid on them.
Step 6: The rhubarb spray will rot, so use it quickly or freeze the mixture to store it. If you store it, be sure to accurately label it as poison.
Note—When choosing a soap to add to to your rhubarb pesticide spray, avoid harsh detergents and soaps with a long list of chemicals. The chemicals will damage your plants and contaminate your garden soil. There are garden soaps and biodegradable soaps available that will protect your plants from insects without causing further harm. Also, using a spray of just soap and water can be a useful pesticide.
Rhubarb Leaf Protectors for Seedlings

Step 1: Save rhubarb leaves when harvesting your rhubarb.
Step 2: Slit the rhubarb leaf along the fleshy central vein to create an opening.
Step 3: Place the opening in the leaf around the young seedling you wish to protect. The leaf will provide shade to the soil, retain moisture, and provide nutrients while decomposing. These function are in addition to the work the oxalic acid will do repelling insects.
Step 4: The leaf should decompose in 3 to 4 weeks. By that time, your seedling will be strong enough to survive on its own. If further insect repelling is needed, use the rhubarb spray described above. However, while the rhubarb leaf protector can be used on food-bearing plants, the spray cannot.

Cabbage gets 4 times bigger in the mountains. Never thought about longer days you have bushmanbilly.
Betting $100 it is the longer days.

Collards is the cold crop of choice here. Lots of people run the giant pile of leathery leaves in a clothes washer to wash them(w/out soap and cold water).
They are best after a frost hits them.

i suppose rhubarb is a staple up your way.