"Serendipity" wrote in message
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Very many thanks for all the tips, hints and contact sites.
Given a couple of years I should be providing plenty
of filling for pies, pudding and purees.

Along the way, someone advised the following site ...

http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/

it's amazing. A particular thank you for this one.

I think others have covered pretty much everyhing, but let me add from
experience that if the soil gets waterlogged in winter (almost here) :-((
,It may well not reappear next year.

Steve