Category: Ramps (Page 9 of 13)

I hope this message finds everyone well and in good health. I want to thank all of you for your emails of concern when southern West Virginia was experiencing the devastating flooding a few months ago. My home and family stayed dry, but I had a lot of friends that were not so lucky. That being said, let’s push 2016 out of here and get ready for a brand new year.

And since we are close to the beginning of a new year, I have some excellent news to share with you. Ramps bulbs are shipping for fall of 2016. Since the weather has been unseasonably nice so far, you will be able to plant these guys now and they can wait out the spring underground. Expect to see them popping up out of the ground around the first week of April.

You can find the order page by clicking here.

Hi!

Now that ramp season is behind us, I find myself with a lot of time to read. Here are the latest two books that I read and I wanted to share them with you. I really enjoyed reading these books and I feel that you will enjoy them also.

The first one is Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests.

And the second one is The Art of Cooking Morels.

I highly recommend these books! I have thoroughly enjoyed them.

Farming the Woods covers in detail how to cultivate, harvest, and market high-value non-timber forest crops such as American ginseng, shiitake mushrooms, ramps (wild leeks), maple syrup, fruit and nut trees, ornamental ferns, and more. Comprehensive information is also offered on historical perspectives of forest farming; mimicking the forest in a changing climate; cultivation of medicinal crops; creating a forest nursery; harvesting and utilizing wood products; the role of animals in the forest farm; and how to design and manage your forest farm once it’s set up. This book is a must-read for farmers and gardeners interested in incorporating aspects of agroforestry, permaculture, forest gardening, and sustainable woodlot management into the concept of a whole-farm organism.

Morels have captured the imagination of America’s cooks: more than any other mushroom, they entice chefs to forage in the wilderness each spring, attempting to find the treasured, honeycombed fungus in its hiding places in the wild. In The Art of Cooking Morels , Ruth Mossok Johnston brings together more than 80 recipes for this delicacy, suitable for cooking with fresh mushrooms in season or dried year-round. The recipes, accompanied by stunning full-color illustrations, offer options for appetizers, soups, entrées, and side dishes from simple and elegant to exotic and sophisticated, and always mindful of highlighting the delicate morel. Johnston’s recipes are heart healthy, inventive, and delicious. The author also includes instructions for handling, storing, and preserving morels.

If you have been holding off purchasing ramps, you should get your orders placed now. 4/25 will be our last ship date for this year.

Cheers!

Freshly Harvested Ramps

A couple of quick updates.

The weekend weather patterns have really wreaked havoc on us trying to dig ramps this year. I think that we have finally made the turn and I can see greener pastures coming up.  Also, all orders that have been placed up through today are now packaged and will be placed in the mail tomorrow morning, so we are caught up again.  This weekend weather looks like great ramp digging weather and I am looking forward to it for sure!

That being said I am hoping to be able to ship for at least two more weeks. The warm weather will get things moving very quickly now and before we know it, ramps season will be over for another year.

You can order your ramps here.

Ramps For Everyone!

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for ramp digging,  The snow and frozen ground really impeded our progress. But, alas! The past couple of days have produced excellent weather. It was so good, we are completely caught up. We will be shipping every order that we have on Monday 3/28. Thank you so much for your patience! This delay was totally unexpected.

This is the current size of the ramps. They are getting large quickly.

Medium Size Wild Ramps

Pending some disaster, we should not fall behind on shipping anymore.

The order page with qty and pricing information is located here:  WILD RAMPS ORDER FORM

I just wanted to update everyone on the current ramp situation.  We received a couple of inches of snow over the weekend and that has put a damper on the ramp harvesting.  It is supposed to start warming up mid week, so we should be back on top of things soon!

We didn’t get to ship out very many orders this weekend due to the cold weather, snow, and frozen ground. I do apologize for that. We are trying to get your ramps to you as soon as possible. I appreciate everyone’s patience while we work on mother natures terms.

As I posted last week, I expected ramps would be ready to ship out within a week.  They seem to be growing quickly, so I plan on shipping out the first boxes of ramps the week of 3/21.

Please note that these first week ramps will be the smaller yet stronger variety. They still do not have a large amount of green on them, but it is at this stage they are at their tastiest (according to the locals- myself included). The smaller ramps look like this. Some have more green, some have less green, but they are full of flavor. This is the size that most locals prefer to eat them. This is when they are most tender.

If you prefer the larger leafier ramps, you will have to wait another week or two to place your order. If you want the large ramps, please do not order now. or your ramps may be smaller than you expected.

If you like the smaller more pungent plants, please feel free to order now.

The order page with qty and pricing information is located here:  Wild West Virginia Ramps For Sale!