A reader recently asked what the brown spots are on their rhubarb. Leaf spots are commonly found on rhubarb plants. This is more of an aesthetic problem and won't severely damage the plant. Rhubarb is ...

Every April, millions of home gardeners harvest fistfuls of bright rhubarb stalks, lop off the enormous leaves, and toss them straight into the trash or compost without a second thought. That is a ...

Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) is a member of the buckwheat (Polygonaceae) plant family. This herbaceous perennial grows 2-3 feet tall with large, smooth, heart-shaped basal leaves. The plant grows from ...

Rhubarb leaf stepping stones can be made with simple materials and a little bit of practice. I wanted to try using rhubarb leaves as a way to imprint concrete stepping stones — so I did! All I needed ...

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about the cause of brown spots on rhubarb leaves, the rust-colored dust covering some lawns, and what might be eating the tops of a reader's carrots.

Question: My rhubarb plants have spots all over their leaves. What are they and should I be concerned? Answer: Rhubarb is a resilient plant, but it can develop two fungal leaf spots. Although the ...

Q. My rhubarb plants have spots all over their leaves. What are they and should I be concerned? A.Rhubarb is a resilient plant, but it can develop two fungal leaf spots. Although the infections aren’t ...

For me, rhubarb will forever be linked with baseball. Growing up in a small town in northwest Iowa, we had a backyard big enough to plot out a baseball field. It wasn’t regulation or anything. The ...