TOPIC: Aaaaahhh!

Thanks Huntsman, you get the picture. while driving on back roads and hit a bump, it hurts. Sometimes puts me down for a few days. Yes, the Dr's would crap if they new what I do. We are friendly with my family Dr. We stopped by their house one day in the spring and I showed her husband how to prune apple trees. She came running out, \"that's enough boys\"! She knows I own an orchard, but just tells me to take it easy. BTW, I've seen several Dr's and they all say they don't fix ribs...no pins or screws.

I did have a pneumothorax when I fell from one of the broken ends of the ribs piercing one of the lungs. I couldn't breathe good and ended up with pneumonia too. It was awful. Ya one fall and I'm going to do it again!

I did get out today to bury some berries in a place I have dug the last couple years. I didn't expect to dig but got 6 that were all over 20 yo. Just nice to get out!

I just talked to my local ginseng dealer and they are paying $175 a lb for freshly dug sang, quite a difference in prices huh ?

Look for another dealer, he's off the charts!

yeah, this is a dealer that's been in the business for 35 + years and always dealt with people fairly. I seem to have taken this dealer by surprise when I called. They didn't seem set up to take sang yet. They said if you want the kind of prices I quoted you better dry it and wait for a while....

I've dealt with 5 different dealers all over western Pennsylvania in the last 7-8 years, and I've found that none of them ever pay even close to what the prices on these boards mention. The best I ever found was 2 years ago for $450 a pound dried, while these forums were talking about $700 - $800 - $900 dried. It seems western PA is in a slump for ginseng prices.

yikes,that's not to hear ! I was talking about T & T fur buyers. You're probably familiar with them, last year I got $850 lb at Westmoreland fur post in the first week of Dec.

Wow that really stinks for you guys. Why do you think that they pay so poorly?

Congrats Maya! Glad you are able o go some this year
Nice digging. Hope you feel up to getting out a bunch more this fall. Our season just opened yesterday

5prong wrote:

Congrats Maya! Glad you are able o go some this year
Nice digging. Hope you feel up to getting out a bunch more this fall. Our season just opened yesterday

Thanks much 5, good luck this year!

Got some nice old ones today!