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from Janet Baraclough.. contains
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There's a large and worthwhile difference between just bunging rhubarb
in soil, and planting it on top of a deep hole filled with old leather
shoes, wooly jumpers, weeds and manure. The stalks on deep-fed plants
are longer, more prolific, tender and pink, and taste better.

Don't forget the bones.....

And by 'deep', four feet is recommended by the cognoiscenti - subject to
water table.

I've never bothered with more than three feet deep, and the result was
rhubarb over waist-high.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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