This little plant has started to make its yearly early-spring arrival in the woods. It's called 'ramp' (allium tricoccum) and you can read about it here. It was first identified for us by our good friend Wade Barry. I've tried it (just the bulb and only raw) and it does indeed taste like a strong onion. I've never had much luck pulling it out by the leaves; it tends to break off. I imagine if one wanted to harvest a bunch you'd need to dig/pry it out of the ground. So far not too much has appeared, probably due to our wacky weather.
We had a teasing of spring a few days ago, but now for the last week it's been winter again, at least temperature-wise. Teens in the morning, maybe 30 for a high. But the angle of the longer lasting light is unmistakably spring's, and I'm sure as the days finally warm back to normal we'll see a lot more ramp.
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