WildIndiana Food Editor Karl Benko digs for fresh spring ramps in Marion County Need a spring tonic to lift your soul from the winter blues? Or would you like a delicious seasoning to cooked dishes? If you pick ramps, you have both. The ramp, or wild leek, wild garlic or spring onion, is an indigenous plant of Indiana woodlands that is growing thick and lush right now. You've probably seen the luxurious green leaves of the ramp but didn't know what they were. That's good, because that means more of them in wood for the rest of us!
It's Ramp Time!
It's Ramp Time!
It's Ramp Time!
WildIndiana Food Editor Karl Benko digs for fresh spring ramps in Marion County Need a spring tonic to lift your soul from the winter blues? Or would you like a delicious seasoning to cooked dishes? If you pick ramps, you have both. The ramp, or wild leek, wild garlic or spring onion, is an indigenous plant of Indiana woodlands that is growing thick and lush right now. You've probably seen the luxurious green leaves of the ramp but didn't know what they were. That's good, because that means more of them in wood for the rest of us!