In Haslett, Michigan, wild rhubarb runs rampant in “the woods.”
I don’t know if people gather it wild and use it for home consumption but the idea of just being “in the woods” freaked me out just a little. This is the Southern California girl in me talking, of course.
Also seen in Michigan was my first ever cardinal. I would post a photo but the photos I took don’t do it justice. Instead I’m linking to a photo of one by one of my favorite artists and Flickr contact, Stuart Immonen.
Other critters I saw but didn’t take pictures of include a raccoon, opossum, white-tailed deer, a woodchuck, a painted turtle, red-winged blackbirds, American robins, Canada geese, cranes, squirrels, a chipmunk and dime-sized mosquitoes. Did you know a woodchuck is just another name for a groundhog?
After seeing rhubarb, it makes me want to try some rhubarb recipes at home.
Up next: Stuffed to my gills in Cleveland and Chicago.
Yummy, rhubarb! You know what would taste delicious on rhubarb, especially if you put it on top of a rhubarb pie? This nifty product called Pop'rs. You should check it out!
Veggie Mom– I've never never heard of Pop'rs but I'll check it out when I attempt to make a rhubarb pie.
I agree that the first way to try rhubarb is in a pie. Or even a rhubarb fool.
Be careful not to eat the leaves. They're poisonous.
btw, that's a male cardinal. The females of the species are drab.
Cindy–A second vote for rhubarb pie!Cara Mia–Yes, I was warned that the leaves are poisonous. I wonder what else was poisonous while I was in the woods?Ron W–That's good to know. Now I'm interested to see what the females look like.
Leaves of three, let 'em be!
my family likes Rhubard and Strawberry Crisp, similar to apple crisp.