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| Overview of High Altitude Rhubarb Welcome to our website. We sell fresh, organic rhubarb in a pick-your-own manner. We also offer limited numbers of roots and plants  and unlimited supplies of seeds. The 2010 harvest is approaching. The plants normally reach optimal quality toward the end of May through June. If you'd like to be notified of the start of the 2010 harvest please left-click here and request to be placed on our email distribution list. We won't send spam, just important updates about the harvest. We plan to be open weekends beginning with the harvest and you can make an appointment to pick at other times.
High Altitude Rhubarb is a small-scale, part-time, family-owned organic farm and nursery in Black Forest, Colorado. We're about an hour south of Denver and 20 minutes northeast of Colorado Springs. Production for 2007 was 1000 pounds of high quality, victoria rhubarb. For 2009 it was 4000 pounds. Our product and farm is 100% organic in full compliance with USDA guidelines for organic farm products. Our current products are rhubarb stalks, roots and seeds with plans to expand to include mature rhubarb plants by 2010. Also, our fields were expanded in 2007 to double the quantity and add variety to our rhubarb products beginning in 2010. New varieties will include several pure red varieties of rhubarb. We offer our products both wholesale and retail. The remainder of this page outlines our operation and the information to be found at the other links to left.
Our Products  We grow and sell organic rhubarb stalks, roots, plants and seeds. Customers pick their own rhubarb, either at our scheduled harvest events or by appointment. Currently, products are from a victoria-like variety of green rhubarb and a pure red variety or uncertain lineage. The victoria-like plants are extremely hardy and large and well suited to our Colorado mountain climate. Mature stalks are green on the inside and transition from red at the base to green at the leaf on the outside. This is the most common variety of rhubarb in the United States. The red variety is smaller, later to start harvest, and pure red inside and out. We have recently expanded to include several other varieties. They will be in production by 2010. Nutritionally they are the same. The red plants, however, are much smaller than the victoria. Our nursery is just beginning. Our plans are to eventually offer mature rhubarb plants in addition to the roots and seeds already available. Initially we will offer plants started from seed.
Overview of the Website This page describes our products and business. The content of the other pages are outlined as follows: Recipes defines some unique and tasty uses of rhubarb that we're confident you'll enjoy. It also provides important information about cooking rhubarb. Rhubarb's main contributions to your nutrition (vitamin C, calcium, dietary  fiber) are detailed in Nutrition. If you're in the Denver/Colorado Springs area and would like to stock up on fresh, organic rhubarb then check out our Pick-Your-Own program and come visit food in the making! You may be surprized to learn that rhubarb was primarily a medicine throughout virtually all of the 5000 years of documented use. Prepare for your next rhubarb debate and impress your friends with the information to be found at the History of Rhubarb. Details and photos of our unique approach to organic growing are to be found at Organic Technology. You'll also find details and photos for planting, growing and harvesting your own rhubarb at Growing Rhubarb. Freezing & Storage explains various ways of preserving rhubarb beyond its normal shelf life, including drying and freezing. Lastly, you'll find information about participation in our seed experiments and how to contact us at Seeds and Contact Us, respectively. We'd love to hear from you!
What is Rhubarb? Only the stalks are consumed for food. Rhubarb is classified horticulturally as a vegetable and culinarily as a fruit. It is very high in nutritional value and played an important role in the development of our country. It is one of the first vegetables to ripen in the spring. Even more important today is its unusually high concentrations of calcium, vitamin C and dietary fiber. Its appearance was anxiously awaited in days of old and today it is an ingredient in many delicious recipes. It can be frozen and kept for years without lengthy preparation and thereby provides healthy eating throughout the year.
 The Quest For SeedsWe propogate our plants primarily by splitting the plants. However, we experiment with propagation through seeds. Seed propagation is generally unpredictable...they do not tend to grow true to form with the parents, which is true of many plants. We hope to develop a variety of seeds with predictable reliability. For more information see Seeds
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