Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[sharron]

mil used to make things with rhubarb but since she passed the rhubarb grows and then dies back i have no idea how to use it without a lot sugar and i'm a diabetic so no sugar

 

[R2elk]

mil used to make things with rhubarb but since she passed the rhubarb grows and then dies back i have no idea how to use it without a lot sugar and i'm a diabetic so no sugar

I make rhubarb sauce just like you would make applesauce and I sweeten it with Sucralose. You can use any non sugar sweetener because all the sweetener is doing is making it sweeter and is not a part of the reaction like it would be in something like a cake.

When I make a rhubarb pie or a crisp or something similar, I replace half the sugar with Sucralose.

When I was giving rhubarb seedlings away, quite a few of the women wanted it because they juice it. Some would make ice cubes from the juice and use them in whatever they were drinking.

 

[sharron]

anyone know what kind of tree puts out blooms like this in the panhandle of florida?
it is a tree

 

[sharron]

anyone know what kind of tree puts out blooms like this in the panhandle of florida?
it is a treeView attachment 2051768

never mind, i found it on the net its invasive tungoil tree so if i do manage to start any, won't plant forgot to mention that the leaves and nuts are poisonous

 

[cavemanrich]

won't plant forgot to mention that the leaves and nuts are poisonous

Many plants are POISONOUS, and they are still abundant all around us. As long as you do not have small children that would eat the flowers, accidentally, I see no problem

 

[sharron]

Many plants are POISONOUS, and they are still abundant all around us. As long as you do not have small children that would eat the flowers, accidentally, I see no problem

no no small children but prefer not to have it on the property altho it has pretty flowers, i can find something else, maybe the next person would have small children

 

[bruceha2000]

Generally speaking, poisonous or not, planting invasives is not the best idea.

 

[sharron]

Generally speaking, poisonous or not, planting invasives is not the best idea.

that was the main reason i didn't want to get them started , there enough invasive in the state, i know theres a lot of trees and plant that people plant that are poisonous , i might even have some but to know that its invasive and poisonous both just puts the icing on the cake went into the garbage

 

[wyoDreamer]

But, it sure has beautiful flowers!!
I try not to plant invasive or poisonous plants either.
I sure do love Foxglove though, lol!

 

[sharron]

But, it sure has beautiful flowers!!
I try not to plant invasive or poisonous plants either.
I sure do love Foxglove though, lol!

yes they sure are beautiful but invasive i was really disappointed