Kevin Stanton

I'm in USDA 4A (Minneapolis/St Paul MN), and our grass turns brownish in the summer on 4 acres. We live on the edge of a flood plane, next to a vegie farm, so the more beneficial insects the better.

I was thinking a hedge of rhubarb as you'll have plenty of vegetables from it.

I found this video good, and was wondering if other people have had success, and apparently so:

I'm having the same idea (with spearmint for mowing reasons), so I'm planting it along the edge of the creek hoping mint takes over the yard in about 10+/- years (perimeter of 3 mowing acres), and planted the whole plant after folding it up. Does this work since you're normally not supposed to cold compost entire mint plants.

I was talking to my mom today when splitting a bunch of gifted rhubarb plants, and told her that my comfrey splitting sized (2 knuckles for someone 6') rhubarb plants took off very well, and she looked at me strangely. How small do you cut your rhubarb roots when dividing them?

On a side note the rhubarb patch that I'm making is covered by wood chips, and very little grass about 1' above ground that shakes if you throw an 8' cedar tone 4x4 bird house post from your shoulder onto the ground.