Rhubarb!

Yesterday afternoon, we were in the middle of our rhubarb patch, happily harvesting it!  There were tons of it.  We got a good production line going with little Gina counting 10 stalks and putting them in bags, Jake and Mackenzie collecting the leaves that I was lobbing behind me as I trimmed them and Chloe bringing in more rhubarb!  Very soon we had about 12 bags with 10 stalks of rhubarb in each with the plan to sell them at £1 each.

Then someone mentioned about showing Mrs Bailey our crop. That in itself wasn't a problem - we piled them in our new dinky Morrison's wheelbarrow and pulled it through school - but as we passed teachers, we heard "Oooh rhubarb!" and instantly had a new fan club.

The kids went to see Mrs Bailey and wooed her further by giving her a bag.  When I caught up with them again, the barrow was half emptied! 

"Where's all the rhubarb?" I squeaked.

"Oh, we've sold it to Miss Hobson - she's got five bags" they replied, looking rather smug.

 

So we revised our plan as the remaining five bags we set out on the playground table looked rather pathetic.  We decided to sell 5 stalks per bag for 50p and doubled our stock.  As soon as the gates opened, the parents swooped on us and wiped us out within five minutes.  It was the easiest sale that we've done - we were ready to pack up before the bell had gone for hometime!  There were a couple of disappointed parents who arrived a little late, but then we started taking orders for next week's crop. Never done that either!

 

So a rather successful day all round.