Foraging for Ramps! (Wild Leeks)

How to forage for ramps? That’s just one of the many questions that we’ll cover as we adventure deep into the forests of the vast Northland many of us call home. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t quite an adventure… I didn’t almost die, but we had a great day out in the woods. This video is meant to teach all about ramps and how to forage for them sustainably and responsibly. Then, in part 2, we’ll head back to the city and into my kitchen where I’ll show you how to prepare ramps and make them delicious. Let’s get to it. 🤘🏻Adam
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[@wutang7779]

Good advice on the slumpers. Sustainably harvesting ramps requires a 10% harvest every 10 years when harvesting like you did. Cut with a pocket knife at the top of the root system, leaving the roots in the ground.

[@ConservativeCE2]

Exactly

[@tacrewgirl]

Thanks for sharing the sustainability of foraging this plant. I didn't know.

[@ConservativeCE2]

@@tacrewgirl Yes, never pull them all the way up, cut them off halfway down the bulb leaving the root in the ground. That ensures you these plants will come back and only take 1/3 of the patch and leave the rest. It takes these leeks up to 15 years to harvest

[@jennifermiller5362]

Question for you: I saw that on another video where the bulb was cut half way at the top of root system. However, if you are eating the bulb, wouldn't you want a full bulb for preparing dishes? Or do you just serve half of the bulb? Confused. Thanks for your reply.

[@dailezink5519]

From the research I’ve done, foraging the bulbs is very frowned upon. It takes years to replace that “just 40%” you and your friend took. It’s pretty widely posted that harvesting one leaf per plant is really the definition of sustainably harvesting wild ramps.

[@tacrewgirl]

Thanks for sharing the sustainability of foraging this plant. I didn't know.

[@roofforlife4394]

Very wrong info

[@nateloish3309]

😂😂😂

[@nateloish3309]

Evidently you haven’t done a lot of foraging for ramps. What they did was wrong, yes. What I have always been taught is to leave a partial bulb along with the root in the ground. This helps preserve the ramp, and also help the spread of new bulbs as well.

[@poisonouspotato1]

​@@roofforlife4394 no

[@jess4337]

ramp cityyyy. foraging was fun. thank you for being mindful of proper foraging. looking forward to seeing them cooked up 🤤

[@psymi-hk1fp]

Don't take any bulbs. Do you really think taking 40% is sustainable given what you said about how slow they reproduce?

[@dmp1185]

Those looked like “bloodroot flowers”. Yes, please harvest ramps sustainably; my preference is to harvest 1 green leaf per plant. They need to have enough leaves to properly photosynthesize.

[@adammeana4002]

they are trout lilly flowers

[@dee_dee_place]

I have never heard of ramps. Thanks for the lesson. I can't wait to see what you make with them. Some of the chef/restaurant owners here, in the Pacific Northwest, have a little coalition that goes foraging for Chanterelle mushrooms, every year. Whatever they find, they share, & serve in their restaurants. I'm sure they are responsible in their foraging methods. I think that is so cool. I would love to go foraging.

[@AdamWitt]

Yeah foraging is really cool. My only experience doing so is with ramps but I'd love to go mushroom hunting.

[@afriendtoo6971]

I just ordered some online and planted them in my forested area of property....just let them grow and spread. Who knows someday they could come in handy in an emergency..

[@ConservativeCE2]

This is a huge problem, you need to be sustainably harvesting those things. You are not sustainably harvesting these wild leeks to ensure their future production.

[@user-ny4bi1jp9w]

You guys just made me so happy. Thank you!

[@juliewilborn-barth7]

Thanks 😊

[@tryingveganwithmario]

Non descript forest number 452 looks super lit. Lots of ramps

[@AdamWitt]

Oh it pops for sure.

[@StaszekGacek]

Where is it.? How to find it on Google maps? What's the closest street? City? Thanks

[@ParkRoadGuy]

Don't pull the roots.

[@tacrewgirl]

Enjoyed the video. Wild ramps will be new to my foraging list this season. And I didn't know that Chicago was the Algonquin word for wild onions. Knowledge is power. Thanks!

[@dadern123]

Nice i collected Mine today and Made oil and Pesto

[@paperart4708]

That’s fun experience. Thanks for sharing I miss the time when I visited tyringham and picked them. 💜💜. I also love that it was the same season with morel mushroom

[@DarcieSosa]

You shouldn't pull up the bulb. It's not sustainable and really frowned upon in the foraging world.

[@ricktaylor3748]

Just don't gig up ALL the bulbs, it takes 4 years for ramps to produce seed that multiply into sustainable plants. I went ramp digging today. May 7th 2022. I walk 3/4 mile, then noticed I forgot my digger. Just sharpened a stick, and kept digging.

[@Wild_Outdoors]

Good info here!

[@swerdbag0414]

Damn, I kinda wanna go ramp foraging.... Are they still "in season"?

[@AdamWitt]

Unforch, no... :c

[@lifebeforedeath1788]

They are now!

[@ConservativeCE2]

@@AdamWitt These ramps were not sustainably harvested. Very heartbreaking.

[@elspeths1895]

We call this wild garlic in the UK

[@tinadu611]

Pl don't pull roots out!!!

[@organicbunnyjune9797]

The fact you care about ramps is so hot

[@miwakey6291]

It’s better just collect the leaves than pulling the whole thing out. This way other people can enjoy them too.

[@arfriedman4577]

I wish I tried ramps. I learned about this many years ago from Pete the produce guy on tv. It's also called sprint onion.

[@a.l.8618]

Good that you talked about harvest ratio….Leave 40% in the soil. Very important harvest point to talk about as this trend spikes in popularity.

[@jessegates7774]

I have a question? Does a ramp have any relation to trillium flower?

[@bleachno9]

Dude, there's no forests around here that you can sustainably forage or especially encourage anyone else to forage. You fucked up, you did a bad thing. If you wanna forage, go to deep Wisconsin or the UP. Any forest preserve or forest area that's not a part of the Cook County Forest preserve system is notorious for not really giving enough of a shit about restricting people from hurting the environment.

[@LoanNguyen-rd2mz]

where did you go foraging for ramps? It looks fun! I’m also in Illinois by the way.

[@AdamWitt]

It def is! Just up North about 40 mins from the city.

[@christineschimpf9754]

As far south as Louisiana actually. I harvest every year!!

[@ChrisTorstenson]

Great video, well presented, concise, and full of great info.

[@lialacombe71]

was there never a part 2?

[@conservativecornerentertai7056]

I like to eat them raw with just salt...

[@3twibles4sweetrevenge]

Stardew valley reference

[@Pyrogecko08]

Seven years to grow!? And you're harvesting 60% of a patch at a time? That's not sustainable at all.

[@robertwelter2255]

Why are you pulling them out by the bulb? Only snip the leaves if there are three or more leaves and leave at least two leaves. This is shameful.

[@roofforlife4394]

You all have no clue how they grow its hilarious 🤣 or how they reproduce

[@AdamWitt]

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[@ahmedm6041]

Hi..would you dig up this ramps and sale them to me? Thanks!

[@anthonydel868]

That was not a sustainable harvesting method.

[@conniesvoboda4571]

Yikes! Please don’t pull the roots. Ramps can take 7 years to establish themselves. Best practice is to take one leaf.