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Growing and Marketing Ginseng Goldenseal and other Woodland Medicinals - cover

Growing and Marketing Ginseng Goldenseal and other Woodland Medicinals

Jeanine Davis, W. Scott Persons

Publisher: New Society Publishers

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The most comprehensive, truly practical guide to the cultivation of woodland botanicals Not all saleable crops are dependent on access to greenhouses or sun-drenched, arable land. Shade-loving medicinal herbs can be successfully cultivated in a forest garden for personal use or as small-scale cash crops.  Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and other Woodland Medicinals  is a complete guide to these increasingly popular botanicals, aimed at aspiring and experienced growers alike.In this fully revised and updated edition, authors Jeanine Davis and W. Scott Persons show how more than a dozen sought-after native species can generate a greater profit on a rugged, otherwise idle woodlot than just about any other legal crop on an equal area of cleared land. With little capital investment but plenty of sweat equity, patience, and common sense, small landowners can preserve and enhance their treed space while simultaneously earning supplemental income. Learn how to establish, grow, harvest, and market:Popular medicinal roots such as ginseng, goldenseal, and black cohosh;Other commonly used botanicals including bloodroot, false unicorn, and mayappleThe nutritious wild food, ramps, and the valuable ornamental galax.Packed with budget information, extensive references, and personal stories of successful growers, this invaluable resource will excite and inspire everyone from the home gardener to the full-time farmer. Jeanine Davis  is an associate professor and extension specialist with North Carolina State University. Her focus is helping farmers diversify into new crops and organic agriculture. W. Scott Persons  is the author of  American Ginseng: Green Gold  and an expert in growing and marketing wild-simulated and woods-cultivated ginseng.
Available since: 05/01/2014.
Print length: 546 pages.

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