Rhubarb Garden Spray.

How to Make Rhubarb Garden Spray: 5 Steps (with Pictures):
Rhubarb doesn’t just taste delicious, the leaves of the plant can also provide a natural pesticide for your garden.

- "Dilute. The solution should be diluted 1 part solution and 9 parts water; in other words, add 9 litres / 2.3 gallons water to create the spray."

Using Rhubarb Pesticide
Use this pesticide for controlling aphids, slugs, caterpillars etc that crawl on the leaf of your decorative (non edible) plants.
As mentioned, do not use this pesticide on edible crops.
Though a good wash may remove the poison, I would not recommend testing it.
And a reminder not to use it if you have dogs who may lick or chew the plants you are spraying.

Rhubarb Spray
1 cup rhubarb leaves
6.5 cups water
¼ cup liquid dish detergent or soap flakes
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Rhubarb syrup.

reading my tea leaves: make your own: rhubarb syrup + a springtime cocktail.:
Rhubarb syrup.
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1.5 cups rhubarb stalks, washed and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 8 stalks)

Combine sugar, water, and rhubarb pieces into a heavy bottomed saucepan.
Bring to a boil and then reduce heat and simmer until the fruit has broken down completely and the color from the stalks has leached into the syrup.
This takes about twenty minutes. Depending on the color of your stalks the syrup will range from light pink to a deeper magenta.
Strain your mixture over a fine mesh sieve.
If you'd like, you can save the rhubarb fruit for spooning over ice cream—but a fair warning: it will be a slightly unfortunate color of green.

Strawberry Rhubarb Smash
Adapted from Saveur.

Makes one drink.

juice from 1/2 a lemon
3-4 mint leaves
1 ounce rhubarb syrup
1 ounce bourbon
1-2 strawberries, washed and hulled
mint, strawberry, or lilac flower for garnish

(I mixed up a batch of four drinks in one go, but purists will likely want to do the mixing individually.)

Here's how:

Muddle together strawberries, lemon juice, & mint.
Top those off with rhubarb syrup and bourbon and shake or stir with ice.
Strain into a glass filled with ice (or, go ahead and let some of that strawberry pulp makes its way into the glass, too.)
Garnish with mint, strawberry, or tiny lilac flowers, as your heart desires.
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Ревень.

Богатырская трава | Дачный участок: "Ревень содержит 2% Сахаров и до 3,5% органических кислот (яблочная, лимонная, янтарная, щавелевая), что придает ему приятный, слегка кисловатый вкус. Он богат солями калия, железа, кальция, фосфора, магния, а также микроэлементами."

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Eat the seasons: rhubarb!

Rhubarb season typically runs between April and May, with cooler climates extended their seasons as long as into July, depending upon the weather.
Field grown rhubarb typically has a bright red color. The brighter the red color, the more pronounced and sweeter the flavor.

Sliced rhubarb can be frozen up to nine months.
Fibers from the stalk should be removed, via a peeler.

Cooking rhubarb in orange juice will reduce the rhubarbs acidity.

1 lb of rhubarb = 3 cups chopped = 2 cups cooked