I acquired a garden that had been tended for decades by someone who moved away and there are bunch of left over rhubarb plants that are very healthy and I never water them. Not once. I'm sure they get some runoff from when I water stuff I've planted near them, but no direct watering by me. My biggest one is maybe 40 inches in diameter and about the same height. - no idea what variety... or what to do with them for that matter.

What to do you like to do with your rhubarb? I hear they are good in pies. All I've done with mine is munched on the stalks to verify they were actually rhubarb.

My grandparents grew it, and then my parents, when they took over the house. We never made it into pies. We just cut it up, boiled it with water and sugar, til it was an applesauce consistency. Then just ate it like that. It could be served over pound cake or angel food cake if you needed to dress it up. My Danish grandmother prepared a lot of fruits the same way. She called it âÂÂcramâÂÂ. As in, âÂÂBlackberry cramâÂÂ, or âÂÂRhubarb cram.â I have so idea what cram meansâ¦but IâÂÂm guessing sauce. I donâÂÂt have a recipe: when I finally have some to harvest, IâÂÂll wing it.

Rhubarb is good in lots of things. In fact, there are a number of cookbooks out there specifically devoted to the many ways you can cook it. Here is a link to some prize-winning recipes from the Lanesboro, Minnesota annual rhubarb festival. I haven't tried these particular recipes myself, but I assume they must be good if they won prizes.

Here is a link that might be useful: Rhubarb Festival Recipes