Comments on: Spring Ramps http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/ Gardening for the People. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gayla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40382 Gayla Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:10:03 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40382 Mackenzie: I cut about halfway between the red portion. Mackenzie: I cut about halfway between the red portion.

]]> By: Mackenzie http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40381 Mackenzie Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:01:02 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40381 Okay so as stupid as this question might sound, I'm not completely sure where to cut them to cut the leaves off. Is it where the red part meets the white? Or do you cut them halfway up the single red part? Okay so as stupid as this question might sound, I’m not completely sure where to cut them to cut the leaves off. Is it where the red part meets the white? Or do you cut them halfway up the single red part?

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40191 Carolyn Sun, 24 May 2009 20:37:23 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40191 I have to second the comments of Rachelle, Elisa D and Ranch Hand. Ramps seem to really have hit 'main stream' this year, especially as more people start to think more seriously about local foods and diets. I would hate to see wild ramps wiped out due to over-picking. Asking about the picking practices of your vendor at the market is always a good thing. I have to second the comments of Rachelle, Elisa D and Ranch Hand. Ramps seem to really have hit ‘main stream’ this year, especially as more people start to think more seriously about local foods and diets. I would hate to see wild ramps wiped out due to over-picking. Asking about the picking practices of your vendor at the market is always a good thing.

]]> By: ranch hand http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40188 ranch hand Sun, 24 May 2009 12:27:13 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40188 Ymmm Ymmm Ramps We've been picking them up where i live (about 3 hours north of Toronto) for the past 2 weeks. Went out yesterday at about 6:30 am to beat the bugs and got 3 more bags full. We've been doing a little bit of ramp pickling, damn, I'd certainly recommend that. As far as where to find them, they seem to prefer south facing slopes of hardwood forests. To add to what a few people have said, if you are harvesting them, you certainly should take only a few from a single area, leaving the majority of the plants so that it will continue to grow and if you are buying from a market find out how that person is harvesting them. Wildly Ranch Hand Ymmm Ymmm Ramps

We’ve been picking them up where i live (about 3 hours north of Toronto) for the past 2 weeks. Went out yesterday at about 6:30 am to beat the bugs and got 3 more bags full. We’ve been doing a little bit of ramp pickling, damn, I’d certainly recommend that.

As far as where to find them, they seem to prefer south facing slopes of hardwood forests. To add to what a few people have said, if you are harvesting them, you certainly should take only a few from a single area, leaving the majority of the plants so that it will continue to grow and if you are buying from a market find out how that person is harvesting them.

Wildly

Ranch Hand

]]> By: Elisa D. http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40143 Elisa D. Wed, 20 May 2009 15:03:31 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40143 They do sound delicious. Just some info about picking ramps which might be of interest to nature lovers, from The Globe and Mail: "When you pick a ramp, you take the entire plant, including the bulb. Once the bulb is gone, there is nothing left of the plant; it will not grow back the next year. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority considers it to be "a species of conservation concern." And eating a nice sized bulb could be the equivalent of dining on an old-growth cedar. "It's a really, really, slow-growth plant. A bulb could be 18 to 20 years old," Mr. Le Gal says. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090520.wxlwild20art1829/BNStory/lifeFoodWine/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090520.wxlwild20art1829 They do sound delicious.

Just some info about picking ramps which might be of interest to nature lovers, from The Globe and Mail:

“When you pick a ramp, you take the entire plant, including the bulb. Once the bulb is gone, there is nothing left of the plant; it will not grow back the next year. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority considers it to be “a species of conservation concern.” And eating a nice sized bulb could be the equivalent of dining on an old-growth cedar. “It’s a really, really, slow-growth plant. A bulb could be 18 to 20 years old,” Mr. Le Gal says.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090520.wxlwild20art1829/BNStory/lifeFoodWine/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090520.wxlwild20art1829

]]> By: alurien http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40117 alurien Mon, 18 May 2009 12:59:06 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40117 Oh, those are pretty! And they sound tasty too! Oh, those are pretty! And they sound tasty too!

]]> By: Rachelle http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40113 Rachelle Sun, 17 May 2009 17:52:55 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40113 Just an FYI for those of us reading this from Quebec, ramps (or ail des bois) are a protected species here with harvesting restrictions; so anyone wanting to pick some should look up the maximum allowable amount! According to the Canadian Biodiversity Project (http://biology.mcgill.ca/undergra/c465a/biodiver/2001/wild-garlic/wild-garlic.htm) overharvesting is the # 1 cause of ramp population's decline. Just an FYI for those of us reading this from Quebec, ramps (or ail des bois) are a protected species here with harvesting restrictions; so anyone wanting to pick some should look up the maximum allowable amount! According to the Canadian Biodiversity Project (http://biology.mcgill.ca/undergra/c465a/biodiver/2001/wild-garlic/wild-garlic.htm) overharvesting is the # 1 cause of ramp population’s decline.

]]> By: Sue M. http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40111 Sue M. Sun, 17 May 2009 05:02:02 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40111 This Newbie has never heard of Ramps! LOL As a Garlic and Onion lover though, I'm sure that I would enjoy them. This Newbie has never heard of Ramps! LOL

As a Garlic and Onion lover though, I’m sure that I would enjoy them.

]]> By: Peggy http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40110 Peggy Sun, 17 May 2009 01:38:16 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40110 Thanks Erin! I think we'll be hunting tomorrow for these.. maybe it is not too late. Thanks Erin! I think we’ll be hunting tomorrow for these.. maybe it is not too late.

]]> By: plantmonkey http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40104 plantmonkey Sat, 16 May 2009 17:40:45 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2009/05/15/spring-ramps/#comment-40104 These sound delicious. Do you think it would be possible to dehydrate them? These sound delicious. Do you think it would be possible to dehydrate them?

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