BackWoods Drifter

I love to go to the mountains looking for and digging ramps (wild leek). Over the past week or so I have made numerous trips hiking into the woods to check on the progress of ramp growth. Ramps are one of the first plants to make an appearance in spring followed closely by mayapple. So [...]

It is finally showing signs of spring here in West Virginia. We had snow on the ground from Dec. 18 up until just a few days ago. I don’t remember a winter as harsh as this one and I lived in the Cleveland area for a number of years. That’s saying a lot. To say [...]

Today is the day for the Drews Creek Ramp Dinner. One thing is for sure, they couldn’t have asked for a better day – temps around 70, plenty of sunshine. Yesterday, I went to the ramp patch I told you about in the last post. It was no surprise for me to see the patch [...]

The Drews Creek ramp dinner is scheduled for April 18th from noon to 7pm. I haven’t been out to check on ramps (wild leek) yet this year. I have this one particular hollow I go to for ramps. It is a mile or so on past the church in Drews Creek where the ramp dinner [...]

I was in the mountains about all day yesterday hiking. On my way out of the mountains I topped over this little knoll and the entire swag before me was basically just a big ramp patch. All of the green in this photo is ramps (wild leek). Even for the novice hunter this patch would [...]