Becoming Rhubarb-Savvy and other Projects

This is the goal hopefully. Become rhubarb-savvy enough to maintain this plant and do great things with it.

A few things led to the start-up of this site. First of all, let me introduce myself.
My name is Jane and my husband and I live on the beautiful Georgian Bay just north of Toronto, Ontario.

I was raised in this area all of my life, and have been employed at an Employment Agency for a number of years though my College training is in the Medical Secretarial field.

My daughter is away at University and I think I still suffer horribly from the empty-nest-syndrome at times. I miss her tremendously.

However, the job, the house, cats and dogs and whatever else comes up keeps me hopping.



Over the last few years though, I decided to embark on a few projects of my own. In addition to trying to become rhubarb-savvy of course, I am researching ancestry and working to put together our family tree. It has proved quite rewarding and informative. I've gathered so much material which has to be sorted and put onto the computer to be distributed to family members.

But that is yet another project for another day.

In addition to the rest of it, I love to cook, read, and putter around outdoors in the garden.

Simple interests really, but where does one find the time somedays?

This is Tofino on the other side of Vancouver Island. We were visiting the parents in Parksville.

Hopefully another trip is coming up for next year.

It is such a beautiful place.

Speaking of beautiful places, back to the "Georgian Bay." If you are familiar at all with it, especially the Pointe Au Baril area, you know what I mean.

Paintings by Joan Emery is something I've discovered recently, and they are truly lovely. Joan and her family were a big part of my life growing up, and I'm delighted to suggest you visit her site.


We recently put in 3 small ponds to hide an ugly hillside, and I fumble around in an attempt at some landscaping and gardening. All trial and error I'm afraid.

I like instant gratification and do not have the patience that I should sometimes. I had planted rhubarb at one time literally in the bushes.

The bushes grew up so fast, and what I had planted disappeared.

Talk about not being very rhubarb-savvy at the time.

We had neighbours who couldn't get rid of theirs, and all I could do was dream about having a garden someday like they had.

I'm on the right track now. Changed locations and that will make a significant difference. It looked pretty good in the Spring. I just may become rhubarb-savvy afterall, at least to some degree.

I spend alot of time on the computer. Just ask my husband.

But, it is all necessary for the things I have going. Just the ancestry researching alone can take me well into the middle of the night, especially if I am onto something and just can't leave it alone. I'm sure many of you can relate.

It was mostly at that time actually that I admired other sites so much and thought it would be a great idea to have my own site geared to rhubarb. I wanted to learn more about it, and share information as well.

I wanted a site that was kind of casual and an easy read.

Crazy as it sounds, for someone who works on a computer for a living all day, I knew alot and yet knew nothing. I found myself staring at a blank screen for weeks and was becoming quite disillusioned and disappointed.

It is now just over five months since I started, and managed to get over that hurdle. It continues to be quite a learning experience, and I get in as much time as possible in between the demands of the job, pets, loads of paperwork and whatever else needs looking after.

How I Built This Site

I have started another project as well, and that is to "green up" my lifestyle significantly, and perhaps share some more valuable information with all of you. Some bad habits need to be changed, and of course it's all for the good of the planet.

You can also visit me at Carbon Footprint Defined if you feel your lifestyle could benefit from some simple changes.


So again, welcome and I hope you find something interesting and resourceful here. Maybe you can become rhubarb-savvy too.

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