The message
from Alan Gould contains these words:

In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article om, Dave
Liquorice writes
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:41:58 +0100, Alan Gould wrote:

Outdoor grown rhubarb, whether for fresh eating or for freezing is
at its best during April and May.

Eh? I don't think ours has dared poke its head above ground level yet!

he's from down south. Their climate is different there ;-)

Our rhubarb emerged about two days ago

North Lincolnshire is hardly 'down south', we actually live north of
Spurn Head. We have been pulling rhubarb for about three weeks now and
we froze our first batch a few days ago.

We've just had rhubarb and ginger crumble for supper. Ours has been
pullable for a couple of weeks.

Janet (Isle of Arran)