Historical Examples. 1  But anything will do, except a grocery or a hardware store and places like that. 2  hardware was too high in price, and was no longer needed for clothing. 3  In 1850, he left the trade in dry goods and took up that in hardware.  4 We're in back of Williamson's hardware place, replied Ned.
April through June: Although you can find rhubarb from as early as mid-spring and throughout the summer, prime season runs from April to June. Store unwashed, in the refrigerator: Store rhubarb unwashed, in the refrigerator, for up to one week.
Rhubarb grows best in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 3 through 8, where winter temperatures drop below 40 degrees Fahrenheit and supply the necessary cold period for the plant to break dormancy and put on new growth. New plants begin producing edible stalks within two or three years of transplanting.