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Leeks #6496380 03/20/19 04:43 PM 03/20/19 04:43 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 116 central pa D dirthole90 OP trapper
dirthole90 OP trapper D Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 116 central pa	When are the leeks usually ready to pick where you live? Is it the same every year?

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6496391 03/20/19 05:10 PM 03/20/19 05:10 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a. P pcr2 "Twerker"
pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	got some yesterday to pickle,just pokin through and nice and hot.best here is usually the second week in april.they will be this size then.

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6496396 03/20/19 05:20 PM 03/20/19 05:20 PM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH Catch22 trapper
Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH	Mid to late May here, give or take. I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: Leeks [Re: Catch22] #6496591 03/20/19 09:17 PM 03/20/19 09:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,004 Rock Springs, WI Z Zim trapper
Zim trapper Z Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,004 Rock Springs, WI	About a month or more here yet. Can't wait to dig a few and sweeten my breath. Zim

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6496604 03/20/19 09:26 PM 03/20/19 09:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,129 west ny B bulldozerjoe trapper
bulldozerjoe trapper B Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,129 west ny	First park of May here, will see them... I eat a lot of them... No matter how much money you make, always eat good🐠

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6496607 03/20/19 09:31 PM 03/20/19 09:31 PM
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 606 ontario, canada O old243 trapper
old243 trapper O Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 606 ontario, canada	still have about 18 inches of snow in my hardwoods, the maple trees are just starting to run. Lots of leeks just a bit early. old243

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6496895 03/21/19 09:19 AM 03/21/19 09:19 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,986 Shenandoah County, VA L l1ranger trapper
l1ranger trapper L Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,986 Shenandoah County, VA	they are just starting to poke up around here 3 weeks they will be on, and will run until late May in some spots Josh

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6496994 03/21/19 10:44 AM 03/21/19 10:44 AM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,958 Central New York D Dewey NY trapper
Dewey NY trapper D Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,958 Central New York	The 1st or second week in May... Man I love those things, but they don't love me... LOL..

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497029 03/21/19 11:27 AM 03/21/19 11:27 AM
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 5,114 Northern Michigan J J.Morse trapper
J.Morse trapper J Joined: May 2013 Posts: 5,114 Northern Michigan	We are about 6 weeks out yet. Then watch out, 'cause my freezer is empty of leeks!

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497051 03/21/19 11:47 AM 03/21/19 11:47 AM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a. P pcr2 "Twerker"
pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	when they get fairly large,i dehydrate a bunch and grind them for seasoning.need to do more this year as i ran out by x-mas last year.i would love to learn how to make leek salt like they do garlic salt.anyone happen to know how?? all the old timers called them their spring tonic here.

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497052 03/21/19 11:47 AM 03/21/19 11:47 AM
Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 2,621 NH T trapNH trapper
trapNH trapper T Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 2,621 NH	About the middle of May here. We still have 30 inches of snow on the ground now, so will be a while.

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497072 03/21/19 12:05 PM 03/21/19 12:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 325 wyoming/ILLINOIS T Timothy trapper
Timothy trapper T Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 325 wyoming/ILLINOIS	Excuse my ignorance but aren't these also called ramps ?

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497076 03/21/19 12:09 PM 03/21/19 12:09 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a. P pcr2 "Twerker"
pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	yessir,just depends where you are from.

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497085 03/21/19 12:24 PM 03/21/19 12:24 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,883 Northeast Wisconsin N NE Wildlife trapper
NE Wildlife trapper N Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,883 Northeast Wisconsin	Usually around the opener of trout season they are plump. First weekend in May

Re: Leeks [Re: NE Wildlife] #6497095 03/21/19 12:48 PM 03/21/19 12:48 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,900 American In the Pyrenees; Fran... S swift4me trapper
swift4me trapper S Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,900 American In the Pyrenees; Fran...	I was wondering too if they were ramps. Here in France they are called bear garlic. I don't much care for them but I know where I could pick bags of them. How do you cook them? Pete

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497098 03/21/19 12:51 PM 03/21/19 12:51 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a. P pcr2 "Twerker"
pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	not a cooked fan,like them raw and the best is a sammich with a little salt and buttah.

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497099 03/21/19 12:55 PM 03/21/19 12:55 PM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH Catch22 trapper
Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH	I like them chopped up and fry them with potatoes, omelets and I also cut up the greens and freeze them. Great with what was mentioned and in soups. I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497177 03/21/19 03:07 PM 03/21/19 03:07 PM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,656 Oscoda, Michigan J John-Chagnon trapper
John-Chagnon trapper J Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,656 Oscoda, Michigan	Oh probably May. Good chopped up with Fish, Butter and thrown in Tin Foil Fire www.lenonlures.com www.facebook.com/lenonlures

Re: Leeks [Re: dirthole90] #6497186 03/21/19 03:48 PM 03/21/19 03:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,584 La Crosse, WI Macthediver trapper
Macthediver trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,584 La Crosse, WI	Should be good around here mid May.. Suck for me two biggest patches I have found are on state land. So of course they are hands off can't dig them. I usually dig a meal or two from a farm I trap and hunt on. Wish that patch was as big as two on state land I'd pickle a few of can some maybe. Mac "Never Forget Which Way Is Up"

Re: Leeks [Re: Macthediver] #6504482 03/29/19 01:13 PM 03/29/19 01:13 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 116 central pa D dirthole90 OP trapper
dirthole90 OP trapper D Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 116 central pa	Sounds good I think we are headed up toward Roulette tommorrow pcr2 hopefully they are big enough to get. Only days for next month we can go.

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