Sam Inspects New Spring Growth from Transplanting

A Young Three Prong Shoots Up from Previous Plantings

Making sure that the plants identified are Ginseng by digging up a plant, tasting, and examining the root.

Sam’s First Ginseng Experience at the Farm

Blue Cohosh growing within a ginseng patch.

Ever since the kids and I found ginseng, we’ve been fascinated by it. Finding it, studying it, seeing shapes in the physical roots, and drinking it in tea. But we’re also worried about ginseng. For one thing, it gets stolen and too frequently the thieves don’t respect the “take” failing to plant the berries into…