About eight years ago I purchased ramps at the Union Square Green Market on a day trip to NYC. Even though I wrapped them up carefully in several layers of plastic, the smell of my knapsack for the remainder of that day is still brought up for my benefit from time to time as an example of how not to be socially responsible, travel in the city and on the subway. I did manage to get them home safely and planted them in a bed in what used to be my garden, until the surrounding trees just got too tall. Every year at this time I carefully rake away the leaves and watch for them to emerge and last year there were enough to start harvesting. This morning I had a quiet celebration as I noticed that they have just begun to emerge again. I think a ramp omelet is going to be the first order of business one day soon. Ramps 6, asparagus zip.
HC
