I am glad that you also know wild garlic. Here we call it "bear garlic" for some reason - of course it was imported here. Now it grows freely and thanks to several articles from some healers on the internet, it became very popular. Exactly like you say: it is controlled by eating.:-) And - venison with wild garlic is extra yummy!!!
"Bear garlic" is reflected in the Linnean name Allium ursinum. In English it's ramson rather than ransom; the spelling is important in this case because in all the English place names like Ramsey and Ramsden, the "Rams-" part refers to the wild garlic rather than a male sheep. The above examples mean "Garlic Island" and "Garlic Valley".
Ooh, I have a shady spot that needs plants, and it's right at the end of the garden, which is probably far enough away for the garlic smell (which is all very well unless you're trying to eat cake, for example) to be avoidable. I wonder how much ramsons spread? Spreading a bit is fine, but I'd rather not turn the garden into an all-out battle between that and the ground elder (also edible, but grows much faster than I want to eat it).
I thought for a moment those were white bluebells. There's no wild garlic in my area, but I've seen in en masse in Cornwall and Devon; it does look (and smell) gorgeous in woodland with bluebells. Happy eating. ;-)
Btw, my hybrid pea plants are doing well, and there's no sign of recessive yellow colouration from Golden Sweet in any of them, which means I've probably got my cross. :-)
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And - venison with wild garlic is extra yummy!!!
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Btw, my hybrid pea plants are doing well, and there's no sign of recessive yellow colouration from Golden Sweet in any of them, which means I've probably got my cross. :-)
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