Ramps

[jamesdeluxe]

The 2025 ramp season is here. Here in Essex County NJ, they're usually fully mature by the last week of April; however, this year they seem to be about ten days behind -- look how narrow and short the leaves are:

Fiddlehead Ferns are also late:

I only picked 1.5 pounds on Saturday and will come back for much more next weekend when they're more mature. As always, I love them sauteed with eggs.

I'm still floored by @jasonwx's pic from Ireland. I don't think I've ever seen ramps this lush and completely covered by flowers:

 

[Ripitz]

The 2025 ramp season is here. Here in Essex County NJ, they're usually fully mature by the last week of April; however, this year they seem to be about ten days behind -- look how narrow and short the leaves are:
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Fiddlehead Ferns are also late:
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I only picked 1.5 pounds on Saturday and will come back for much more next weekend when they're more mature. As always, I love them sauteed with eggs.
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I'm still floored by @jasonwx's pic from Ireland. I don't think I've ever seen ramps this lush and completely covered by flowers:
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Your egg dish is looking good. I’ve been inspired to go pick now.

A word of caution, the ferns in your pic are Christmas ferns, Polystichum acrostichoides and are not to be eaten. The one that is commonly foraged is Ostrich fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris.

The plants in Jason’s pic are not ramps. They look to me like a Lily of the Valley or something similar.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

A word of caution, the ferns in your pic are Christmas ferns, Polystichum acrostichoides and are not to be eaten.

Yikes, thanks for the heads-up. Glad I posted that pic! I'm clearly a fern novice.

The plants in Jason’s pic are not ramps. They look to me like a Lily of the Valley or something similar.

That's why I said above that they don't look like ramps I've seen. I know from the TV show Breaking Bad that Lily of the Valley is very poisonous, especially for children.

 

[jasonwx]

Your egg dish is looking good. I’ve been inspired to go pick now.

A word of caution, the ferns in your pic are Christmas ferns, Polystichum acrostichoides and are not to be eaten. The one that is commonly foraged is Ostrich fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris.

The plants in Jason’s pic are not ramps. They look to me like a Lily of the Valley or something similar.

The whole Forrest smelled of garlic and onikns
And my trusty plant app said ramps. But who knows