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As my Rhubarb plant was getting seriously out of control and I really fancied Rhubarb Crumble and custard for after tea, I decided to go pull some sticks - my first harvest of the year 
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I keep a spreadsheet of garden expenditure and the value of the veg etc that I grow, so that we can see exactly where things are (last year I made a £6 profit
) and how much it would have cost us to actually buy the produce.
Anyway, so I trimmed and then weighed my haul (19 oz or 540g depending on your point of view) and then went on-line to Tesco for the price per kilo before updating the spreadsheet.
Last year the price per kilo was £3.75!!!!!
THIS year at Tesco (and I've double checked this with Asda on-line who are actually 45p/kg dearer) rhubarb is a staggering (you aren't going to believe this
) £6.23/kg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards
A shell shocked Reet
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.I keep a spreadsheet of garden expenditure and the value of the veg etc that I grow, so that we can see exactly where things are (last year I made a £6 profit
) and how much it would have cost us to actually buy the produce.Anyway, so I trimmed and then weighed my haul (19 oz or 540g depending on your point of view) and then went on-line to Tesco for the price per kilo before updating the spreadsheet.
Last year the price per kilo was £3.75!!!!!
THIS year at Tesco (and I've double checked this with Asda on-line who are actually 45p/kg dearer) rhubarb is a staggering (you aren't going to believe this
) £6.23/kg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Regards
A shell shocked Reet
xx
As forced fruit has a premium price that will take priority and the field grown will come later in the season. This is why you and I grow our own, so we don't have to pay these prices. As you may have guessed I work for JS in customer service. 
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