Just a few questions about fruit and veg if i may please

Hi Nathan, You might as well harvest the leeks before spring as they'll start gearing up for flowering soon.  I very much doubt they'll fatten up much more but there are "leek" experts who know a lot more than me!

I would definitely roughly dig in poo now and fine rake it later.  Let the weather and the worms do the hard work for a change that's my motto from now on!

If the rhubarb has been in the ground for a number of years, you could force some of it (its supposed to be nicer) but you don't have to if you don't want to, and can harvest stems from unforced rhubarb instead.  If you force rhubarb this year, (it's only for spring harvesting!) then don't force it next year to give it time to recover.  All rhubarb shouldn't be picked after a certain date (summer solstice?) to let them build up food stores for over the coming winter.

Hope that was helpful!

They may be pretty, Rose, but not if space is at a premium  

NTV Sounds like your leeks didn't get enough depth dug in the soil nor enough manure. They're heavy feeders, need regular water and also need hilling up as they grow to create the white tender parts.

Tried forcing rhubard - IMHO a waste of time for the crop I got. You then have to leave the plant the next year to recover.

Others with no doubt disagree & then you've got the choice!

Leeks do thicken up in the spring. Sure, I do grow a lot of late leeks.

If it would not happen to you, baby leeks are also great.

Someone posted about heeling in leeks recently.
It's handy to be able to move them elsewhere to free up the ground, but in addition to this, by breaking the fibrous roots flowering is delayed by a month or so, usefully extending the cropping period as late as May (depending on the variety).