Gardening

[Don Alaska]

I almost forgot — every year ramps (wild onions) and wild garlic come up in the pasture. Some of my horses would eat them, some would not. They are edible.

This year was a bumper crop. My brother pulled the biggest ones up. Some he ate here, the last batch he carried home because he doesn’t have them at either place in NE Ohio.

I am too lazy to go out and pull them up

I remember ramps when I lived in North Carolina, along with ginseng and creasy greens

 

[Ken Anderson]

I'm thinking this might be a good year for June bugs, or whatever it is that the grubs in my lawn will turn into because skunks have been digging shallow holes all over my lawn.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

I remember ramps when I lived in North Carolina, along with ginseng and creasy greens

I'll bet you remember Poke Sallet, too!

 

[Beth Gallagher]

I'm thinking this might be a good year for June bugs, or whatever it is that the grubs in my lawn will turn into because skunks have been digging shallow holes all over my lawn.

Do y'all have armadillos up there? Those dang things tear up our lawn looking for grubs.

 

[Ken Anderson]

Do y'all have armadillos up there? Those dang things tear up our lawn looking for grubs.

In Maine, yes, but our possums and armadillos are largely confined to the southern and coastal regions. The culprits here would be skunks. On my cameras, I see at least one skunk every night, maybe more, but I haven't seen more than one of them in a camera view at the same time.

 

[Connie Bennett]

I'll bet you remember Poke Sallet, too!

 

[Marie Mallory]

Today we harvested and cooked out first spring collard greens.
Froze several quarts. Next will be turnips and greens and kale.