no painting today, so I took the dogs for one more run before turkey season starts. took my trowel and some bags, too. the the dogs treed 4 squirrels, and I dug leeks.
in case you didn't know it, there are actually two varieties of wild leeks, both grow in my honey holes.
Wild Leeks (Allium tricoccum) on the bottom right, Narrow-Leaved Wild Leeks (Allium burdickii) on the left. I didn't think to take any pics of them in the ground, but they are quite a bit different looking. the narrow-leaved variety has, of course, narrower leaves and greenish petioles, whereas the other has noticeably broader leaves and reddish petioles. A. burdickii is much more widespread where I dig them, and in huge patches in some places that cover an acre or more. the bulbs on them are generally smaller than A. tricoccum. the woods I was in today seems to have more A. tricoccum, but that is not the norm. I cannot tell any difference at all when eating them, but they are pretty easy to tell apart while in the ground if you look closely. I see ramp/chantarelle/squirrel gravy in my very, very near future.
in case you didn't know it, there are actually two varieties of wild leeks, both grow in my honey holes.
Wild Leeks (Allium tricoccum) on the bottom right, Narrow-Leaved Wild Leeks (Allium burdickii) on the left. I didn't think to take any pics of them in the ground, but they are quite a bit different looking. the narrow-leaved variety has, of course, narrower leaves and greenish petioles, whereas the other has noticeably broader leaves and reddish petioles. A. burdickii is much more widespread where I dig them, and in huge patches in some places that cover an acre or more. the bulbs on them are generally smaller than A. tricoccum. the woods I was in today seems to have more A. tricoccum, but that is not the norm. I cannot tell any difference at all when eating them, but they are pretty easy to tell apart while in the ground if you look closely. I see ramp/chantarelle/squirrel gravy in my very, very near future.