Yup,,looks not too bad the following week though.I hope so,,Ive had enough.

Cathryn,
I enjoy your posts. Thank you for taking the time to do it. Ramps- I would have know nothing about them without your post. Some people on social media need to find something better to do rather than pick apart peoples posts. They just cannot simply enjoy it. People might get frustrated and not post anymore because of the comments. I hope you do not stop posting. I know there are times when I just will not post threads myself because its not worth the aggravation. You cannot please everyone nor should you have to.

Cathryn, didn’t work, still can’t send you a pm. Just getting excited over my marten that Jerry set aside for me, too .

Always wanted to try ramps, I know what leeks are, the ones I buy , love using them in all kinds of things. I’m happy for you, that they do so well for you every season.

How do they reproduce?

They seed out before they wither up.
I believe the bulbs can also divide

Yes ...I love your posts too.

They make a seed stem and pod before they whither in summer. Some bulbs also have a rhizome on them and spread from that like quack grass. When I have transplant some to start my own little patches. I always save the bulbs with the rhizome for transplanting and eat the others.

Mac

Thanks slick pan..I have a pretty thick skin..usually

Sharon..I fixed t.

330 thank you

Thw do make a seed stwm..kinda lime a resurrection lily

Update....

Our season started friday..as of today we have made 1256.00 by Sunday evening we will be over 2 grand.

We are traveling to augusta wv tomorrow..

Crowfoot... ya might wanna go see calvin.lol

You go girl !!!!!!
I'm pumped for ya. Knock 'em out of the park.

He has a cannery in augusta wv. He uses them in sauces and condiments he makes and sells.

He also sells them by thw bunch at high end farmers markets near DC.

We ar3 on the ay now yo deliver his first round of the season

Whoever said ramps give ya ripe gas ..I disagree. I intentionally ate about a dozen last night at 1:30 am..when I got done washing ramps..so I'd have good bad gas when we we looked In the truck together... went on our 5 hr selling trip today and I didn't even get one little toot out of em

I'm wondering if sautéing them takes the bite and fumes out of em??

I'm gonna eat some raw ones next trip and find out. Lol

LOL

Better warn Jerry before that experiment!

No. He's the intended victim.lol

I made my 300.00 for the day..i.met and sold 100 doz ramps to a lady that bought 100 doz on sunday. so I'm heading Sunday..

Her and her husband own a store and restaraunt and are selling ramp dinners for Friday and the got water more orders than they counted on.

Had 3 times what I normally sell today.
I got there at 1030 and was sold out by 1230.
I haven't counted yet but we're close to 2500.00. Am

Probably over that.

People LOVE these things

Did some reading about ramps and west Virginia. Pretty interesting. We don't have ramps here but in the spring we have rocky mountain oysters. There are a few oyster festivals.

Ya need aome ramps to eat with those things...and I know what they are.lol

I'll send ya some ramps to eat with em..but I don't want any oysters to eat with my ramps.lol..I don't eat many ramps anyway.lol
Jerry never eats em

Any updates on your season?

It’s getting me excited about fiddlehead season in Maine

When I did my student teaching at Tigert Valley High School in W. Va. back in the early 70's ramp season was a new experience for me. Most all the young folks and staff dug and ate ramps come spring. I remember one day when the boys were playing some basketball and I was supervising.

I started to get an odd odor that I smelled in the gym. I asked one of the staff what it was I was smelling. They laughed and said it is ramp season and most everyone eats them around these parts. That was something new that I learned. Obviously when you get heated up and sweat it comes out of your pores. They had frequent ramp feeds down there.

I made friends with the athletic coach that took me to some fine native trout fishing in the hills in that area. Great time of my early but short career in W. Va.

Do you plant them in woods or fields and let them naturaliz?