Last year at this time, I picked a bag of ramps from a lovely forest, a forest that is being edged out of existence by housing developments. There are a lot of ramps in there, but for how long, who knows. Instead of eating all of them, I planted a few in the woodland area of our back yard, and then promptly forgot all about them.

Backyard ramps

Today I was working around the garden and I recalled planting the ramps, so I decided to see if they survived the transplant and the winter. As you can see from the picture, I now have a small ramps patch in the back yard. I’ll leave it be this year and let it slowly spread. Once it is very well established, I’ll be able to harvest a little each year. Ramps, or wild leeks as they are also known, are very tasty!