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Post by fleroo on Mar 22, 2016 6:45:02 GMT -5
Just as I can't speak to the "Deer situation" of every region in the state, I can't speak to the "Ramp situation" in each either. That said, THEY'RE UP here in deep Southwestern, PA. If you like them on the young side, go get 'em. They're seemingly between 3-5" for the most part. With temps moderating this week, you can probably get them by the wheelbarrow load next week.
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Post by ridgecommander on Mar 22, 2016 6:47:25 GMT -5
Yep. Got my eye on my favorite patch. I checked them last weekend. Not quite as big as I like to dig them just yet. Another week or two and I will get my bucket full.
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Post by dennyf on Mar 22, 2016 13:29:16 GMT -5
Maple Syrup, then leeks, then spring gobblers. That's how things go up near camp. Still lots of Legions, fire halls and churches up there that have annual Ham and Leek dinners as fund raisers. My neighbors over the hill from camp are just about done with the syrup bidness, according to her FB page the other day. Last weekend was the Maple Syrup open house thing in Potter and Tioga. One of my old Potter uncles was a fair hand at gathering leeks in the spring, but he'd never tell anyone where he'd dug them. So when he died, the leek locations went with him. Same for his favorite remote spots for trout on Pine Creek and lots of other streams.  |
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Post by timberdoodle on Mar 22, 2016 13:44:30 GMT -5
I've noticed some of the boat ramps in poor shape and hopefully I've not developed any leeks in my hip boots... Fishing season is upon us.
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Post by fleroo on Mar 22, 2016 14:01:05 GMT -5
Can't speak to the water this year, but mine are apparently good to go in repelling sh!t ? I put them on about 100 of your posts ago, to ward off the fact that "it" was getting deep, Thimbledoinker.  |
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Post by bushmaster on Mar 22, 2016 14:59:14 GMT -5
Never found any ramps, but I'll be digging horseradish this weekend!
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Post by redarrow on Mar 22, 2016 20:01:07 GMT -5
I've planted a half dozen small patches around our creek bottom. It'll be a few more years before they spread enough to start digging any of them so I'll be adding some more over the next few years. Hopefully my family will be digging here for as long as they wish and they won't have to go anywhere else.
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Post by fleroo on Mar 23, 2016 6:41:51 GMT -5
I planted a couple of patches in my woods, and haven't noticed any significant spreading. Probably been 10 years or so. Something tells me these things take decades to really spread in any measurable quantity.
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Post by timberdoodle on Mar 23, 2016 8:44:45 GMT -5
You are attempting to make them a non native species? banghead
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Post by fleroo on Mar 23, 2016 8:49:49 GMT -5
"banghead" Easy there timberbadonkadonk. You're too old for self-induced headaches.  |
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Post by redarrow on Mar 26, 2016 14:26:48 GMT -5
You are attempting to make them a non native species? banghead I am transplanting them from a spot about four miles down stream. I don't know for sure where the apples, pears, blueberries, nor all the garden vegetables, etc, come from. |
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Post by timberdoodle on Mar 26, 2016 15:45:59 GMT -5
Eggzackly... introducing a non native to a naïve microenvironment... why the next thing you know the darn place will be smelling like onions!! cry
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Post by redarrow on Mar 26, 2016 15:51:55 GMT -5
Can't wait!
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Post by fleroo on Mar 26, 2016 20:09:02 GMT -5
Naïve microenvironments are the best place. They're unsuspecting.  |
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Post by fleroo on Apr 1, 2016 14:27:09 GMT -5
I may look to take a few "leeks" this weekend. *thumbsup* Add a little wang to my omelet.
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Post by redarrow on Apr 1, 2016 14:43:31 GMT -5
I'll likely wait at least a week to dig some. One bucket to eat and freeze, and another to transplant in my forest garden.
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Post by stuarthunts on Sept 8, 2016 7:42:06 GMT -5
Ramps are great! They are also really trendy in restaurants right now, so you may be able to sell them to some local upscale joints for a tidy profit.
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Post by fleroo on Mar 28, 2017 9:11:38 GMT -5
They really popped up early this year, here in early green-up land. Probably the second week of March they got to pokin'. May have to make an early Trout feeshin'/Ramp dig on the Yough this weekend.
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Post by Dutch on Mar 28, 2017 9:46:55 GMT -5
Didn't see nary a sign of one in Potter last weekend. BTW, they are called LEEKS!  |
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Post by fleroo on Mar 28, 2017 10:06:32 GMT -5
Yonder here, and since I was a wee lad, they've been called RAMPS. I think youz are a bit too cultured out east ? confused-smiley-013
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Post by Dutch on Mar 28, 2017 10:25:34 GMT -5
When you go to the grocery store, are they ramps or leeks???
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Post by fleroo on Mar 28, 2017 11:33:50 GMT -5
Why should I expect some "book smart" executive in the marketing department for Foodland, that never picked a wild edible in their life, to know how to name a RAMP ?  |
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Post by fleroo on Mar 28, 2017 11:37:56 GMT -5
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Post by Dutch on Mar 28, 2017 16:49:10 GMT -5
In Potter they have Ham and LEEK suppers.....
You people out there are just plain backwards. Maybe we should give SW PA to West By God Virginia?
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Post by bushmaster on Mar 28, 2017 19:13:24 GMT -5
In Potter they have Ham and LEEK suppers..... You people out there are just plain backwards. Maybe we should give SW PA to West By God Virginia? We should be part of West Virginia, anymore they seem a whole lot smarter than what we have going on in this state! |
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