WARNING!!!!MAJOR THREAD CREEP TO FOLLOW!!!!
Bobert,
Check out some of the Ramp festivals in West Virginia in the early spring. One big one is at Richwood. Ramp story: Jim Comstock, a very talented satirist, was the editor and publisher of a little paper called "The West Virginia Hillbilly" out of Richwood, WV. (I recommend a book called "The Best of the West Virginia Hillbilly" as a great anthology of some really funny stories.) Ramps have a wonderful, mildly garlicy taste, and an extremely pungent smell that won't quit. The only way to defend yourself from someone who has eaten ramps is to eat them yourself. Kids used to be sent home from school because their odor was so offensive. One spring, Jim added ramp juice to the ink used to print the "Hillbilly." The paper had a very large circulation throughout the state. The post office threatened to stop delivering if he did it again. Stunk up every Post Office in the great state of West Virginia!

Back to gardens: I would have thought zone 6 too cold for camillas. what varieties do well there? I miss all the spring ephemerals. Most of woods around here are too dry and piney for them to grow in abundance.

SRS--would love to see your gardens (and everyone else's)

Janie