Mid November isn’t a great time to be picking rhubarb. The fleshy stems and large leaves have died back and the dark stumps of the plants are easily lost to sight. However, while the ground is moist and not yet frozen is a good time to transplant it. That’s what I was doing this morning, moving our rhubarb from the back garden to the allotment.

At the allotment it should do well with a lot more sun than the almost perpetually shady spot it lived in at home. Also, once it gets established, rhubarb is a very low maintenance plant. It is highly acidic and not a favourite of critters that gobble up other leafy plants.

I’ll have to wait until next year to find out if the move has been a success but this week – warm days and a bit of rain due at the weekend before we are probably going to start getting frosts – is probably as good as I could have hoped for.