If this is a rhubarb in my garden, then it is growing fast. The leaves have now doubled in size, but I am still not convinced. How can a rhubarb grow in a garden where there are no other rhubarbs growing anywhere near, not even in the village. It started last year when I noticed a couple of interesting leaves and I asked the gardener, who did not have a clue.
This year it was still there, after surviving the winter, and produced more leaves that have more then doubled in size. Someone mentioned it could be a burdock, and I also think this is the case. Burdocks also have large leaves, and eventually produce a long stalk with flowers. The flowers are quite pretty. If this is the case I will take a few photos and then remove the flower stalk before it makes seeds. They produce burrs, the little round spiky balls that stick in my cat’s fur and any other furry animals. If the birds get them in their feathers it can be quite harmful. It is more likely to arrive in my garden, as we have a few of these plants growing wild in the meadows. The Velcro fastener was based on the principle of these burrs, with its tiny hooks.
I also had a closer look at my apple tree this morning. The flowers have now disappeared and the first baby apples are appearing. They really are tiny at the moment, just a small bulge at the base of the flower.
And that’s that more or less. Yesterday I did not go anywhere or take any photos in particular. It was a very pleasant day and I spent the afternoon sitting on the porch in the sun with my computer. After the evening meal I remained outside on the porch reading my latest book “The Nix” by Nathan Hill. It is over 400 pages and so it will keep me busy. I can recommend it, it is quite amusing in places.
And now to move on. Breakfast is finished, and I have scraped the remainder of the lemon curd from the jar, but in the meanwhile Mrs. Swiss bought some sour cherry jam which I also quite like, so that will be my next breakfast spread.
It looks like a sunny day today and I really must give myself a push in my wheelchair this afternoon for an excursion into the unknown with camera, although Sunday is not a good day when the weather is warm, there will be a mass march in certain places with kids and bikes and dogs.
Enjoy the day, make the most of it, I will do my best.
Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss 
I think I would agree that leaves are too large to be rhubarb. Now I have no idea what you have growing in your garden.
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I think it is a burdock
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I did an internet search and found this on Wikipedia. Hope it helps Greater burdock is a biennial plant, rather tall, reaching as much as 3 m (10 ft).[8] It has large, alternating, cordiform leaves that have a long petiole and are pubescent on the underside.[9]
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Thanks for the info. This plant is becoming quite interesting.
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It is a biannual so you should get bloom this year. Yes, it interesting. Plants find new area to grow on the tires of cars, people being careless. Soccer has spread around the western coast from its native habitat of California, most likely from seed pick up in area where grows.
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I think you are correct about this not being rhubarb – the stalk colour isn’t right, for example! But I am not sure, if it is Burdock:
The leaves look quite different.
It looks more like Pestwurz
http://www.kaisackmann.de/info-sammlung/pflanzenthemen/wilder-rhabarber/index.html
And you should uproot that, because it is poisonous and someone might mistake it for rhubarb!
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I am still thinking it over. The Pestwurz flowers until Mai and mine has no flowers up to now. Also the leaves are more pointed. Thanks for the links, I will have a look.
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Gray and chilly today, but supposedly nice tomorrow. Did nothing today and I feel so much better because I did nothing. Something nothing is the healthiest choice on the menu.
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Same here, Nothing means reading for me or falling asleep in an armchair. We have such good weather currently I like to get out and enjoy it. Sometimes I am glad for a bit of grey weather as I can take it easy and don’t have the feeling I am missing something
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Rhubarb could easily get into your garden as seed. However, now that I can see the petioles (stalks), it does not look like rhubarb. It really does look more like burdock.
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It probably is
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