ramps

[sidelock]

Are ramps up in WV?

 

[SgtErv]

We're pretty well known for our ramps! Pretty good with fried potatoes and eggs

 

[R.C.BINGAMAN]

Like them pickled

 

[omarick1948]

I've heard of them, but what are they? Don't think we have them here in Nebraska.

hotoSmile:

 

[tiswell]

AKA Wild leeks. Also known for the pungent aroma that one gives off 24 hours after consuming them. Haven't had them in years. Wish I had some near me!

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

I've heard of them, but what are they? Don't think we have them here in Nebraska.

hotoSmile:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tricoccum

 

[KingofDerby]

Each year we do a small event at an old factory, and they have wild garlic (ramps) growing by the river there...I consider it a yearly ritual to harvest a bit and make a salad with olive oil and feta...the event's going to be too early though this year...they won't be ready in time.

 

[Mad Professor]

We have them.

Favorite is wild brook trout with ramps/leeks and morel mushrooms.

 

[sidelock]

Ain't had any In many years, but maybe soon.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

Old factory or olefactory? With ramps I suppose it is both.

 

[Woods Dweller]

I have wild onion’s growing around my place. The seed’s bloom at the top of a long stem, [5 seeds on each onion] I pull them off and fill up a small lunch bag full of the seeds. When I walk or drive in the woods I throw hand full of the seeds all around. They grow, just lying on the ground. Have been doing this for about 15 years and wild onions are ease to come by where I live. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium

I like having wild foods growing around where I live. I have step on wild mint. I find the patch I step on, dig a section up and transplant it someplace else. I grow fig trees at my home, I cut a small branch off. Stick it in water till I see roots coming out, I plant it in small bag with dirt. I go out in the woods and transplant them. Now I have wild Fig growing back in woods where I live. :hatsoff:
http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/you-can-grow-that/grow-a-fig-tree-from-a-cutting

 

[sidelock]

When I was a kid growing up in VA my Dad had figs growing every where. I loved them. Pick a bush ????? tree ???? and eat your fill. Boy oh boy---- good.

 

[larry wv]

They are up but not full height yet.

Larry

 

[KingofDerby]

Old factory or olefactory? With ramps I suppose it is both.

Old factory. The first water-powered cotton spinning mill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromford_Mill