The Rhubarb Triangle
"The technique of forcing Rhubarb was honed in the late Victorian years when proximity to collieries for cheap coal (to heat the sheds) and mills for wool shoddy (to fertilise the sheds) were advantages. There are just a handful of growers now, it involves heavy work, much that needs to be done by hand - lifting and laying crowns from field to shed and pulling to harvest. New crowns are split every year and then spend two years outdoors before they are strong enough to be lifted into the sheds; harvested and then discarded. It is a slow return. The Cooks grow several varieties to spread and prolong the season- Stockbridge, Harbinger & Arrow, Timberly & Victoria. A colossal Amazon warehouse sits where the colliery once was and building developments, mostly warehouses, threaten the fields all around.” Leila McAlister
"The technique of forcing Rhubarb was honed in the late Victorian years when proximity to collieries for cheap coal (to heat the sheds) and mills for wool shoddy (to fertilise the sheds) were advantages. There are just a handful of growers now, it involves heavy work, much that needs to be done by hand - lifting and laying crowns from field to shed and pulling to harvest. New crowns are split every year and then spend two years outdoors before they are strong enough to be lifted into the sheds; harvested and then discarded. It is a slow return. The Cooks grow several varieties to spread and prolong the season- Stockbridge, Harbinger & Arrow, Timberly & Victoria. A colossal Amazon warehouse sits where the colliery once was and building developments, mostly warehouses, threaten the fields all around.” Leila McAlister
Client
Ffern
Produced by
Pal Studios
Ffern
Produced by
Pal Studios