Some signs of Spring...

Spring life...

So, a lot happens in a couple of weeks, this time of year...



This little sweety is, for the second Spring in a row, the first plant to appear in local flowerbeds. I admire the Crocus because I have even seen it coming up beside little patches of old snow and ice. Talk about a pretty little tuffy! :-)

Then, out in an old abandoned farm-site, I came across my first little patch of Day Lilies for the year, which I sampled immediately. :-) These fantastic annuals can be prepared a number of ways and can even be eaten raw, in salads. Here, the tiny shoots are ready to eat on the hoof, which, I did! :-) It's great to see them coming up again, after that heavy winter we just lived through...



A few days later, my old friend and yearly Spring tonic ingredient, the Wild Leek, pushes it's way through the hardwood forest floor to begin it's new spring life cycle again...



These lovely little wild plants are well known all over the world as Ramps and there are even Ramp Festivals celebrated by hundreds every spring in many parts of the country, they're that good. :-) Have You been out there lookin' for your free fresh food feed yet? Are You, a Leek Hunter?

I'll be headin' out tomorrow for another gander out in the wilder ares of Ottawa to see what other choice wild foods have come up since I was out last...

later,