Rhubarb: the promise of Spring to come!
Timperley Early 
Victoria 
Unknown
At Don’t Crop Me Now the rhubarb crop is well on it’s way. It is surprising to look at the growth rates of different varieties. Timperley Early is always well ahead and I think we will be cropping this within 2 weeks. Victoria is a much later variety and we also have an ‘unknown’ variety that is somewhere in the middle. I think this may be ‘champagne’. This produces very pretty pink (and sweet) stalks even without forcing.
Do you share your allotment produce?
We often have excess produce and like to share with family and friends. I work with people with Chronic lung conditions and my colleagues have been happy to take eggs and veggies from my allotment in exchange for fund raising towards the great work of the British Lung Foundation.
We have also donated produce to Mad Dogs Homeless Project who provide meals to the homeless and a local neurological rehabilitation charity BASIC.
There are some great projects all over the country where allotmenteers use their produce to support charitable work.
Please share your examples and let’s celebrate!