x-no-archive: yes,On Mon, 05 May 2003 23:50:19 +0100, Stephen Howard
wrote:

On Mon, 05 May 2003 21:38:38 +0100, Jon wrote:

Does anyone have any advice on wild garlic? It grows profusely here,
but I don't know if I can do anything worthwhile with it. Can the
young shoots be used early in the season? Anything? It smells
wonderful when you stand on it:-)

D'you mean Ramsons - the broad leaved wild garlic with the little
sprays of white flowers?
The leaves are great in salads, or chopped and used like chives in
other dishes.

It's a wonderful smell in the wild - in this part of Hants there's
tons of 'em growing away merrily.
Only problem is, once they go over they start whiffing a bit - and
en-masse it's a bit of a stench.

Regards,
Thanks Stephen, unfortunately everyone else went off on one. I ask a
simple question, go away for a few days and come back to 97 messages,
95 of which were offering no advice at all.
Still, glad you all enjoyed the thread that you made it:-)
Jon