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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

I've even heard leeks referred to as "poor man's asparagas".  
Van Dell


--- On Wed, 3/4/09, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Garden fun
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 6:53 PM
> Cock-a-leekie soup. It's hard to describe how it's
> different than regular 
> chicken soup with onion, but it IS different. I love leeks.
>  I use leeks in 
> soups and stews, or sauteed as a side dish with butter.
> I've read that some 
> people harvest them small, like green onions, but around
> here, the bigger 
> the better.
> 
> They like cool temperatures, so I don't think
> they'd do well in the south in 
> the summer. Maybe as a winter crop? If you keep leeks a
> second year, they 
> will go to seed, like onions.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 7:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Garden fun
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> >
> >> I've got flats of Ailsa Craig and Walla Walla
> onions and Leeks started.
> >
> > Just curious, I know that leeks are like mild onions. 
> What do you use
> > leeks in that a green onion wouldn't work?  Did
> that make sense? I've
> > never really tried leeks, I don't think.  I am
> starting to like onions
> > now, but don't understand why leeks are popular. 
> I recall a discussion
> > here a long time ago about ramps and leeks and
> onions...seems that they
> > perennialize?  If someone can refresh my memory on
> that..
> >
> > So tell me why I might grow leeks...
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > I am having an out-of-money experience.
> > http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
> > EarthNSky Farm, Northwest Georgia, USA
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