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Offline jturner

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leeks
« on: March 11, 2012, 05:13:49 pm »
Dug the first batch of leeks today, they are just startin to come up here, still small but they are good, and its fun to get the kids outside.
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Re: leeks
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2012, 10:18:08 pm »
i really wish i could have a garden.
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Offline lowell

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Re: leeks
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2012, 10:23:06 pm »
Is leeks a southern plant??? ....don't hear of them here in N. Illinois.

  I just ordered some horseradish roots for the garden.   Gardens are fun...wish you could have one Dictionary!!
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Offline GaryR

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Re: leeks
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2012, 10:35:44 pm »
I spent the weekend hauling poor quality soil/red clay out and put in 1 yard of compost. I still need to put in at least 2 more yards of compost and top it with "vegtable mix". I planted some seeds in cups and need at least that many again. I haven't done a garden in a couple years so wish me luck. By the way, I know its a little late but I did plant some leeks too, it will be my first time growing them.
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Offline jturner

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Re: leeks
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2012, 11:44:45 pm »
im in michigan, they grow wild. we dig em and sell em in the spring, they are just coming up couple more weeks til they are ready, most people i know call em ramps
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Offline predatorcaller

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Re: leeks
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2012, 11:48:02 pm »
lots of em in northcentral penna.Several leek and ham dinners at some of the fire companies near Germania in potter county
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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2012, 03:50:06 pm »
Love em.  The base to most good homemade soups.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2012, 03:55:36 pm »
I have always wanted to try ramps.  They are in the "love 'em or hate 'em" category so it's pretty likely I would love 'em. 

Ramps are one of the very first green things to come up out of the soil in many parts of Appalachia and were prized as a spring tonic.  After a long winter of eating meats and starches, the body is in dire need of the vitamins in green leafy plants and ramps were a godsend.  Make you feel strong, make you smell strong.
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Re: leeks
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2012, 12:48:19 am »
they are pretty strong, I think it was in the foxfire books someone said " ramps arent for ladies or men that court them"   I get tired of smellin them after digging them all spring.
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Re: leeks
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2012, 12:52:32 am »
I make a killer French onion soup...I bet these would "ramp" things up a bit by adding them to the mix!
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: leeks
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2012, 01:01:35 am »
I hate leeks, they always show up in my fishing boat and get my feet wet.

Leeks are OK, but asparagus is where it is at this time of year. I go for my morning run and watch the ditch banks for wild asparagus.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: leeks
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2012, 01:06:19 am »
Oh man, wild asper-grass!  That's the reason God made butter!  Or bacon drippings!

Mix a package of Ranch Dressing Mix with a pound of softened butter.  Then panfry the aspergrass tips in that Ranch butter....Straight to the heart good!
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Offline jturner

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Re: leeks
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2012, 01:07:48 am »
asparagus is the best, my kids favorite food. but its way too early for it here
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: leeks
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2012, 01:12:23 am »
You have sick kids!   ;D

My neices once had overcooked asparagus served to them and they still call it "snot sticks" to this day!!!    >:D
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: leeks
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2012, 02:40:41 pm »
We got leeks - my wife uses them from time to time. She also like asparagus in any form - usually a quiche - hmmm... maybe next time I will use leek instead of onion!
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