|
|
Ramps
Apr 6, 2015 19:53:57 GMT -5
Post by steev on Apr 6, 2015 19:53:57 GMT -5
My daughter was the same; 'spect I was, too (prolly worse); small children are Nature's way of reminding us that Entropy is always lurking, try as we will to keep things orderly.
|
|
|
|
Ramps
Apr 17, 2015 7:11:31 GMT -5
Post by kyredneck on Apr 17, 2015 7:11:31 GMT -5
'Maw' had to buy herself another hairbrush. Reese was 'brushing' Maw's hair with her favorite brush weekend before last and it hasn't been seen since. Amazing how things disappear with these two.I think I recognize that MO from raising my own kids... have you had to break out the pipe snake yet?  You've got my curiosity up, pipe snake is a spring loaded snake in a tube?
[add]
....oh, you're talking about things that go down the drain, aren't you? Yes I do recall having to fish things out of the plumbing.....
|
|
|
|
Ramps
Jun 1, 2016 17:57:08 GMT -5
Post by steev on Jun 1, 2016 17:57:08 GMT -5
Saw ramps in my produce store ($15/#); sorted out a few with the most roots and good leaves; got to pot them for growing on.
Wikipedia is not encouraging about them on the farm (hot, dry, unshaded), so I'll keep them potted in Oakland awhile for seed; my farm trees are growing, so shade is not unforeseen and water is mostly likely; hot is not YET under my control; worst case, this wouldn't be the first thing I've put years of work into, only to find I don't like it, never having eaten ramps (Have I mentioned my ex? I prolly would've liked her in a stew, but not on the hoof; really).
|
|
|
|
Ramps
Jul 11, 2016 18:51:11 GMT -5
Post by steev on Jul 11, 2016 18:51:11 GMT -5
The ramps I potted have dried off the foliage; three have apparently rotted, but I've not probed for them, so maybe just gone dormant; three have scapes!
|
|
|
|
Ramps
Jul 26, 2016 0:33:29 GMT -5
toad likes this
Post by paquebot on Jul 26, 2016 0:33:29 GMT -5
Ramps don't have scapes, they have flowers which look more like a prairie orchid than an allium. They are scarce in my part of Wisconsin but apparently have been here. Where I have found them in northern areas have always been in the shade in old forests. I have them here from two sources. One was from a load of woods soil back in the 1970s and local. Second from an Indian reservation in north-central Wisconsin. Always in the shade and doing well. Have had the second ones about 10 years but never have bloomed so far. The local ones always manage to send up a few flower stalks.
Martin
|
|
