Research Forest Products Technologist, Dr. Jim Chamberlain, reviews the steps taken to manage and cultivate ramps, or wild onions. In this video series, the proper soil, shade and forest type are all considered prior to constructing a raised bed for planting ramps under the forest canopy.
Spring is the time to harvest ramps, a popular forest vegetable in the eastern United States. This savory plant is a member of the onion family closely …
This is a 2012 presentation given by James Chamberlain, U.S. Forest Service Research Forest Products Technologist, at the Society for Economic Botany annual meeting.
The abstract of the presentation is available for download as a pdf file attached to this article. The original YouTube content was made available by the TeachEthnobotany site.…
Edible products can be farmed in forests. Ramps (Allium triciccum) and shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) are two prominent examples, but a wide variety of herbs and other edibles are also possible.
Spring is the time to harvest ramps, a popular forest vegetable in the eastern United States. This savory plant is a member of the onion family closely related to leeks. In early spring, ramps send up smooth, broad, lily-of-the-valley like leaves …
