Sam Lindemann Marking Wild Ginseng With Flags
Sam Lindemann marking Wild Ginseng with flags.
Sam Lindemann marking Wild Ginseng with flags.
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…
Sam Lindemann researches in the field.
Bob Beyfuss digs another root from the ginseng bowl area.
Maidenhead Ferns grow in similar environments to ginseng, and they have the coolest black stems.
Ginseng has quite the reputation. Did you know that Rasputin used ginseng to treat the hemophilia of the last Czar of Russia’s son? Or that ginseng’s scientific name Panax means all-healing in Greek? Now researchers are looking at ginseng to treat COPD and boost cancer-treatment drugs. Wisconsin farmers who cultivate the plant are hopeful that…