Expanding the rhubarb-family.

Last midsummer night, Maren went to steal* some rhubarb from a neighbour. When she came home with her loot, she found out she had not just picked but actually uprooted a small plant. She did the sensible thing and put it in some soil. Today, we planted the adopted plant next to our own little rhubarb in the garden.

All the tools she needs!

Digging in rocky soil is not especially easy.

Rhubarbs new home.

Here Maren is reassuring our other rhubarb. We still love it, and life with a neighbour really won`t be so bad.

Here Daniel fills the hole with some compost to plant the rhubarb on top of.

The plant was fitted snugly in the hole with some of the soil we dug up.

We think it is happier here.

*Don`t worry, dear readers. She did have permission :-). (But it was midsummer and it was midnight, so we kind of had to use the word stealing, just for effect.)