Comments on: Doomed Existence

By: Deborah Foley

Deborah Foley — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:23:12 +0000

I read that ramps are actually wild garlic. I’ll do some more research, maybe I am mistaken.

By: Denny

Denny — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:10:52 +0000

I can tell you this – that is some of the richest soil you will find. In a few months, you will find it at the bottom of a valley fill.

By: Folk Face

Folk Face — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:08:47 +0000

I like them best before they get all big and leafy. all that meanness is packed down thar in that little bitty stub of a root. it would be awesome to have that patch of dirt moved to my backyard.

By: Denny

Denny — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:54:25 +0000

I actually love to eat ramps so we dug a lot of these. They were already full grown. Though a lot smaller than they should have been.

I don’t mind about the photo – and it’s good to meetcha.

By: Folk Face

Folk Face — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:02:51 +0000

Denny have you considered moving these ramps?

If you can wait till the frost then you won’t lose any. If you were to get them now before they blossom really big you might save most of them anyway. There are lots and lots of seeds in the soil seed bank so it is best to scrape leaf litter and dig deep underneath the roots and all to get the little men out of there.

I put this picture on my blog. Hope you don’t mind. I hope we are going to be buddies.

By: Denny

Denny — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:59:42 +0000

Thanks for commenting and I’m with you.

By: Folk Face

Folk Face — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:00:14 +0000

Denny buddy you are so right. It’s a lot easier to get some local politician or USFS wonk excited about ginseng because it is a registered economic crop. Ramps aint. Neither are most traditional medicinal plants.

that first picture is why we should be fighting. Who can support that idea. I nearly cried.