Hunting Ginseng

The first thing you need to know is what you are looking for. Here are a few pictures of wild American ginseng plants in various stages of g...

I sold all of my ginseng today. I only had 1 pound and 1 ounce dry but I got $800 a pound so I'm quite happy with that. I spent about 3...

I went today and found another 18 ginseng roots. I say roots because I only found maybe 9 tops and only a couple of those were still standin...

Wow! The price dealers are paying is going up rapidly. Last year I received $365 a pound. This year it is already over $600 and climbing fas...

I guess I'm done digging for the year. My best area yielded a decent amount of roots but overall I didn't do so well. I have a littl...

Well this is the biggest ginseng root I've found so far this year. Still hoping to do better though. This root is also completely dried ...

Well today seemed like the first real day of Fall even if it is several days early. It was 60-65 degrees during the 4 or 5 hours I spent in ...