FTB,
I agree with Classicfur on that book by Scott Persons - excellent read on all things gingsng and more. He covers lots of other Medicinal plants as well, goldenseal, cohosh, bloodroot, ramps, etc.
He also provides a long list of recommended seed suppliers.
Prep your planting bed areas this summer or early fall, get your seed order in early. If you wanted to plant 2 pounds of seed (just a for example there) you could order 1 pound to be delivered as soon as they start shipping seed, then another pound to be delivered 2 weeks later. But get your order in early to make sure you do get some seed - there was a shortage of seed last year and price increases, and that is expected to continue this year, could be even worse this year.
Get yourself a good stout leaf rake wiht some nice teeth to it.
I picked up the one in the vid below at Lowe's and man it is heavy duty, is guaranteed for 15 years, and the teeth on it do an excellent job of raking the bed and losening up the top soil.
I had a older leaf rake that I started off using, and when I changed to this new one, man it did a much better job. It is also 3' wide so it covers a lot of ground faster.
www.youtube.com/yttnhunter#p/u/3/eVplUuBiSAA
Good Luck
TNhunter