Comments on: Ramps – finding, picking, cooking (and planting!)

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 02 May 2011 01:47:34 +0000

So loved the article and just went to the Ramps Festival in Robbinsville, NC – it was great – how about more recipes??

Welcome, Dawn,
So glad you enjoyed the article – and the festival! Did you pick up any good ramp tips or recipes there?
We’ll be having a new (old) ramp dish for dinner tonight, so the recipe will be appearing very soon.
Leslie

By: Judy Sinclair

Judy Sinclair — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:33:11 +0000

Thanks so much for this splendid article on ramps Bill. We don’t have them here in the Pacific Northwest but I found a Canadian website that sells both the bulbs and seeds. I passed the information on to my Grandson who is just planting the family’s Spring garden and look forward to trying this new addition to the onion family!

By: Raining Acorns

Raining Acorns — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:39:37 +0000

What a terrific article! I only recently learned to identify skunk cabbage, so now I must look to see what lives “next door”–though I doubt, given my novice status, I would hazard plucking out what I think is ramp just yet (anyway, not without sending a picture or sample to you neighbors to confirm)! Of course, I love the Louisiana connection, given our recent trip. And I look forward to part 2–I remember when I was introduced to lambsquarter as an edible green, not just a weed, when our neighbor on Long Island, who was a long-time organic gardener, pointed it out to us one day. At winter’s end, there are few things that can match the thrill of coming upon the first spring greens!

By: Nancy Baggett

Nancy Baggett — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:47:13 +0000

Loved the info and especially the pics, as I’ve never seen ramps growing here in central MD. I was surprised that they were reddish along the stems and were actually so meaty and bulbous. We do have skunk cabbages and trout lilies though. (The latter are ephemerals that have a pretty yellow bloom and are up now and then completely gone by May.)

Do you have any info on whether ramps would grow in central MD woodland?