Comments on: Finding and Growing Ramps http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:04:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-37337 Suzanne McMinn Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:21:06 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-37337 I don't know yet! We probably won't be able to tell for another month or so if something's coming up that looks like ramps. I hope so! I don’t know yet! We probably won’t be able to tell for another month or so if something’s coming up that looks like ramps. I hope so!

]]> By: Mark Turner http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-37308 Mark Turner Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:24:25 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-37308 So ... are the ramps you planted last year starting to show up this spring? I'm wondering if they'll grow in my Pacific Northwest garden. There's an outfit in Richwood that sells bulbs and seeds. So … are the ramps you planted last year starting to show up this spring? I’m wondering if they’ll grow in my Pacific Northwest garden. There’s an outfit in Richwood that sells bulbs and seeds.

]]> By: Mushroom Man http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-35864 Mushroom Man Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:40:27 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-35864 Oh yaeh I forgot to mention I live north of Pittsburgh Pa GO STEELERS! MUSHROOM MAN Oh yaeh I forgot to mention I live north of Pittsburgh Pa
GO STEELERS! MUSHROOM MAN

]]> By: Mushroom Man http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-35863 Mushroom Man Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:37:43 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-35863 I pick wild mushrooms and also ramps. Just last year i gathered up what i guessed to be 20 to 40 thousand ramp seeds and with the help of my young boys planted them in several areas around the woods near my house. I also planted some in two local parks. the woods there have a small plot of ramps that i have harvested over the past two years but i wanted to fill the hills and valleys with them!!!!!!!! next year I will gather up more seeds and do the same i wish i would have started doing this 6 years ago! Mushroom Man I pick wild mushrooms and also ramps. Just last year i gathered up what i guessed to be 20 to 40 thousand ramp seeds and with the help of my young boys planted them in several areas around the woods near my house. I also planted some in two local parks. the woods there have a small plot of ramps that i have harvested over the past two years but i wanted to fill the hills and valleys with them!!!!!!!! next year I will gather up more seeds and do the same i wish i would have started doing this 6 years ago! Mushroom Man

]]> By: Sharon http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-28844 Sharon Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:45:52 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-28844 I've tried for years to start ramps growing on my property. Like you, I split them up and placed them strategically around the woods in places I thought they were most likely to be happy, however, the most recent attempt was the simplest and most successful. The last ramps I got (last year), I simply took a whole clump and buried them right next to my front porch in the flower bed. Guess what - this year I had a nice little clump of ramps come up and stay happy. I didn't feast on them yet, not enough, may be in a couple of years. PS. yOU WANT TO TRY SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING, TRY BEE KEEPING. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUR RECENT ARTICLE IN THE TIMES RECORD. OUR CLUB MEETS EACH MONTH, ALTERNATELY IN ROANE/CALHOUN COUNTIES. NEXT MEETING AT ROANE COUNTY LIBRARY THIS SUNDAY THE 28TH AT 2:00 PM. I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A SHOT. YOU WOULDN'T START YOUR BEES UNTIL NEXT SPRING. WE WILL PROBABLY GIVE A CLASS BEFORE THEN. ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS THIS MEETING WILL DEMO MAKING LIP BALM AND WATER PROOFING FOR SHOES/BOOTS. IF YOU GO TO BEECULTURE.COM YOU CAN GET LOTS OF GREAT INFO ON BEES. YOUR TOPICS ARE ALWAYS INTERESTING. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK I’ve tried for years to start ramps growing on my property. Like you, I split them up and placed them strategically around the woods in places I thought they were most likely to be happy, however, the most recent attempt was the simplest and most successful. The last ramps I got (last year), I simply took a whole clump and buried them right next to my front porch in the flower bed. Guess what – this year I had a nice little clump of ramps come up and stay happy. I didn’t feast on them yet, not enough, may be in a couple of years.

PS. yOU WANT TO TRY SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING, TRY BEE KEEPING. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUR RECENT ARTICLE IN THE TIMES RECORD. OUR CLUB MEETS EACH MONTH, ALTERNATELY IN ROANE/CALHOUN COUNTIES. NEXT MEETING AT ROANE COUNTY LIBRARY THIS SUNDAY THE 28TH AT 2:00 PM. I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A SHOT. YOU WOULDN’T START YOUR BEES UNTIL NEXT SPRING. WE WILL PROBABLY GIVE A CLASS BEFORE THEN. ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS THIS MEETING WILL DEMO MAKING LIP BALM AND WATER PROOFING FOR SHOES/BOOTS. IF YOU GO TO BEECULTURE.COM YOU CAN GET LOTS OF GREAT INFO ON BEES.

YOUR TOPICS ARE ALWAYS INTERESTING. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-21151 Suzanne McMinn Mon, 12 May 2008 09:26:04 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-21151 Brian, I don't know if a north slope is necessary or not. The ramps I dug up were on a north slope, though, and I planted mine on a north slope on our farm. A nice shady wooded area is best! They like shade. Brian, I don’t know if a north slope is necessary or not. The ramps I dug up were on a north slope, though, and I planted mine on a north slope on our farm. A nice shady wooded area is best! They like shade.

]]> By: Brian http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-21149 Brian Mon, 12 May 2008 02:35:05 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-21149 Hi All, I'm a displaced engineer working in SW Virginia (living weekends in SC). On my way to Ashville to visit my Mom on Her day, I noticed a sign for a Ramp Festival in Flag Pond, TN. I stopped for a plate of ramps and taters and oh my they were great! I also found a guy with a boxful of ramps for sell and bought three bunches. Mmmmm!!! I also want to cultivate some of these jewels, but I am living in an apartment for now. I will have to do some guerilla farming in a secret spot... Do I plant on a north slope? Do they need most shade or some shade? Any tips to select my spot would be greatly appreciated. But hurry they won't last long! Living in an apartment....God I miss my chickens! -Brian Hi All,

I’m a displaced engineer working in SW Virginia (living weekends in SC). On my way to Ashville to visit my Mom on Her day, I noticed a sign for a Ramp Festival in Flag Pond, TN. I stopped for a plate of ramps and taters and oh my they were great! I also found a guy with a boxful of ramps for sell and bought three bunches. Mmmmm!!!

I also want to cultivate some of these jewels, but I am living in an apartment for now. I will have to do some guerilla farming in a secret spot…

Do I plant on a north slope? Do they need most shade or some shade? Any tips to select my spot would be greatly appreciated. But hurry they won’t last long!

Living in an apartment….God I miss my chickens!

-Brian

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-20783 Suzanne McMinn Wed, 07 May 2008 17:03:45 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-20783 Kathleen, I don't know if ramps would grow in Maine or not. They are native to the Appalachian area. But you could try! Kathleen, I don’t know if ramps would grow in Maine or not. They are native to the Appalachian area. But you could try!

]]> By: Kathleen http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-20781 Kathleen Wed, 07 May 2008 16:51:45 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-20781 Can ramps be grown by bulbs in Maine..If they are wild,are they indiginous to our area? Ahhhh..the snow just left us..can dandelion greens and fiddleheads be far behind... KMW Can ramps be grown by bulbs in Maine..If they are wild,are they indiginous to our area? Ahhhh..the snow just left us..can dandelion greens and fiddleheads be far behind…

KMW

]]> By: Shari http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-20605 Shari Sat, 03 May 2008 05:35:23 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/05/02/finding-and-growing-ramps/#comment-20605 Your picture of trilliums really took me back! I used to live in trillium country and remember picking the fruit from them. Lemony! :heart: I haven't seen trilliums in 30 years, and sadly, onion lover that I am, I've never even heard of ramps until I read about them in your blog. You're so lucky to have both of them growing wild in your area! Your picture of trilliums really took me back! I used to live in trillium country and remember picking the fruit from them. Lemony! :heart: I haven’t seen trilliums in 30 years, and sadly, onion lover that I am, I’ve never even heard of ramps until I read about them in your blog. You’re so lucky to have both of them growing wild in your area!

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