I have never grown rhubarb, but I do love a good rhubarb pie! I remember the first time I heard about, saw and tasted rhubarb, I was in college. I recall tasting the pie and was overwhelmed by it. So good. I would gladly wrestle rhubarb, so maybe I should grow some next year. Is it difficult to grow?
The caption came directly from a friend of mine (hi, Pam!), who said it in an email to me, among other things. She ended her letter by saying she was going to wrestle rhubarb. I thought it such a great phrase, I asked if I could use it. She said yes.
I did one similar a few years ago, not verbally as fun but I hope visually amusing. But I do like the notion of “being done with forsythia.”
There is something very funny about plants and people interacting. Here is a rather old drawing about weeds.
I am reminded of a cartoon by New Yorker cartoonist George Price, probably from 1939. As a young person, I studied Price’s cartoons and this one was a particular favorite.
I hope your afternoon is full of fun plants!
See you tomorrow.
You made me laugh out loud!!
These all resonate! Thank you! I live in eastern NC where the vines are supercharged and each flooding event brings in yet another invasive “ground cover.” As one local botanist said, “Sometimes the best you can do is discourage them.”