There's a plant that I grew up eating in a pie that I've never actually grown myself.

I mean I've got one in a container but that's not very fancy and it hasn't done too well

and most of the reason why is

it doesn't really grow super well in my area.

Surprise, surprise, there is a plant that doesn't grow that well here in sunny San Diego, California.

And of course I am talking about rhubarb.

It is a long-lived perennial.

I know many of you listening are probably saying,

wow, rhubarb is once you plant it,

you can't get rid of it. Well that actually isn't the case

over here in San Diego so it does want a more temperate or cool zone. So here we

we have a plant that you guys can grow if it's cold in your area, which I know I talk about a lot of

tropicals here. So rhubarb has been bred over the years for its edible stocks.

It hybridizes really easily. There's a bunch of different varieties of it.

And of course, as I mentioned, it is often called the pie plant because it is used in rhubarb pie.

I think apple rhubarb or cherry rhubarb would be the one that I've had the most of as a kid

there's a restaurant called Marie calendars I think it's still around and we used to go there every now

and then and just eat rhubarb pie or grab an apple pie or whatever anyways we're talking about planting it now though not eating it as a pie.

You don't need to do too much here. You want to space it about three or four feet apart.

You've got your rhubarb crowns is what you'll be planting and then put the roots about two inches deep into the garden and really

when it establishes it doesn't stop establishing it's good to go for a while

Sunwise full sun, six-plus hours. If you're in a zone like mine, I would say 8 through 10 plus, then you want something that gives it a little bit of afternoon shade. If you're in those

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