onions and leeks question

[Bill]

Never heard of ramps are they edible?

Bill

[nmm1]

A quick gurgle shows:

aren't the same species as cultivated leeks, which are Allium porrum, and which is not known to occur (as such) in the wild. However, there is a wild allium with which they are interfertile; I have no idea why they aren't described as a mere cultivated form of that. It's native to the Near East.

Regards, Nick Maclaren.

[Billy]

If it's not too personal, how long is your dibble, Charlie? Ones I saw at the nursery were only about 5 inches long, top to bottom. The business end was only about 3 inches (Is it getting warm in here?). Somehow, it just didn't seem manly enough.

[Charlie]

Hmmmm......should I be blushing, going worldwide with this, uh, well.... information? OK, (get a grip now, Billy) just to satisfy your curiosity about the size of me dibble.....

As you may know, it is a bit of a challenge to get to close to the ground, given bad knees and an often sore back and, uh, other things that interfere with getting comfortably close to the ground, so I made my own dibble out of a broken shovel handle that is about twenty inches long, tapered on the business end and nicely rounded on the gripping end.

It's quite the manly dibble, if I do say so myself.

Charlie

[Steve Peek]

Yes they are quite edible. They grow wild in the southern Appalachians, many festivals dedicated to them this time of year. Steve

[Bill]

Thanks Looking about found this.

Bill

[Bill]

I thought about the ramp images for a few days that are posted here. They look almost like small or immature daffodils which are toxic.

Bill