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It’s been a while since my last post… A lot has happened… I got married… Bought a house out in the country… Even Started a side business making crafts out of recycled pallets and selling them at craft shows… Life is different now and I can’t wait to share it with you… I am […]
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This may see a bit out of place… Ginseng laws and regulations by state… If a state is not listed it falls under federal guidelines…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife – http://www.fws.gov/international/permits/by-species/american-ginseng.html
Maine – https://www1.maine.gov/dacf/php/ginseng/index.shtml
New York – http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7130.html
Pennsylvania – http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/plants/vulnerableplants/ginseng/
Ohio – http://codes.ohio.gov/oac/1501%3A31-40
New Hampshire – http://www.agriculture.nh.gov/divisions/plant-industry/faq-ginseng.htm#harvest
Vermont – http://agriculture.vermont.gov/plant_pest/ginseng_certification
Indiana – http://www.in.gov/dnr/naturepreserve/files/ginseng99.pdf
Illinois – http://dnr.state.il.us/law3/ginseng%20regulations.htm
Virginia – http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/forms-pdf/cp/plantpest/vaginsengmngmt.pdf
West Virginia – http://www.wvforestry.com/ginseng.cfm?menucall=ginseng
Tennessee – http://www.tn.gov/environment/natural-areas/tennessee-ginseng.shtml
Missouri – http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/outdoor-regulations/american-ginseng-harvest-regulations
North Carolina – http://www.ncagr.gov/plantindustry/plant/plantconserve/sangno.htm
South Carolina – http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess110_1993-1994/bills/3177.htm
Georgia – http://georgiawildlife.com/GinsengProgram
Wisconsin – http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/EndangeredResources/Ginseng.html
Iowa – http://www.iowadnr.gov/InsideDNR/AboutDNR/IowaDNRFormsPermits/GinsengInformation.aspx
Kentucky – http://www.kyagr.com/marketing/ginseng-harvesters.html
Alabama – http://agi.alabama.gov/divisions/plant-protection/alabama-ginseng-laws
Minnesota – http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/natural_resources/ets/ginseng.pdf
Mississippi – federal laws apply
Arkansas – http://plantboard.arkansas.gov/PlantIndustry/Documents/ginsengReg.pdf
Maryland – http://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/Pages/ginseng_mgmt_program.aspx
Rhode Island – http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bpoladm/stratpp/forprod/pdfs/ginbr.pdf
North Dakota – http://www.nd.gov/ndda/program/ginseng
South Dakota – http://gfp.sd.gov/wildlife/threatened-endangered/rare-plant.aspx
Massachusetts – http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/nhesp/species-and-conservation/nhfacts/panax-quinquefolius.pdf
Nebraska – http://www.nfs.unl.edu/documents/SpecialtyForest/Hankins.pdf
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“Autumn Splendor” – Frick Park – Pittsburgh, PA
Moonshine… Evening rising… Sunshine falling…
Cold wind blows away the morning sun calling…
Alone with you… Together with a meadow lark…
Seasons slide away into the never ending dark…
Sunshine fleeting… Fog rising off the calm water…
Flashbacks to carefree days… Bud and sunshine blotter…
Steadfast we glide across mountains made of lime…
Aging is just the way we come to terms with time…
We will shine… Our reflections dance on the still lake…
Confidence is nurtured… Bread is what we break…
In the morning spiritual energy tends to rise and fall…
When the weather breaks we will answer natures call…
Nightfall resigns… Yet our spirits continue to rise…
We are limited to the earth… Birds rule the sky…
Our souls fly above the clouds and into outer space…
Some folks pray for peace… Others pray for grace…
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“Waiting for a Home” – Soergel Orchards – Wexford, PA
I haven’t posted in a while… A life consumed…Â A life confirmed…Â For me…
In the meantime… I was interviewed for Ignite… Check it out right here…
Red sky mourning… Red sky and the mourning doves…
Yellow leaves grace trees rising above…
Spring is a whimper… Summer is a reply…
Autumn is the way the seasons try to say goodbye…
Summer is falling… Fruit is rotting on the frozen ground…
Mourning doves fly through the winds winter bound…
Frozen time lost in the name of sleep…
When we wake the spring clouds will thunder and weep…
Winter is of the night… Winter is a time of passing…
Winds send the naked trees suddenly crashing…
Darkness lasts longer than the winter sun…
I am of the daylight… Together we are one…
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“Aster on Goldenrod” – Soergel Orchards – Wexford, PA
Everyday I contemplate suicide…
Genocide… Elimination of a people…
Elimination of those born under the church and steeple…
I was born a lamb… Meaning born under god…
Our entire culture is nothing more than a fraud…
Belief is a product of the depths of imagination…
Evolution is natures response to societal regeneration…
Population booms will guarantee catastrophic loss…
Nothing can save us… Not even the cross…
I have faith… My faith is rooted in nature…
The herbs will heal me… The trees are my savior…
Ashes become ashes… Dust becomes dust…
Nature is the only god I can openly trust…
Follow the moon to the earths distant edge…
Sail the rivers through the channels we dredge…
At the end of the sky sits a savior numbered one…
Sing praises to the stars and worship the sun…
Today is my 2 year anniversary of blogging on wordpress… I wanted to take a second to thank all of the readers that give me the inspiration to continue writing… So… Thank you… Just knowing that a few people enjoy my blog has been mind-blowing… Your comments regularly make me digitally blush… Even the occasional negative comment inspires me to keep on going… So as I celebrate 2 years… I thank you… You are the reason I am still here…
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“Butterfly on Aster” – Whitney Avenue – Wilkinsburg, PA
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I haven’t posted a gallery in quite some time… Here are a few of my favorite photographs from the past 3 weeks… plant petunias and question everything – chriscondello This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
“American Ginseng” – Westmoreland County, PA
The sun is rising over the distant tree line…
Reflecting off the calm water like glass…
Mayflies are dancing in the morning light…
My soul is like a candle burning in the night…
The trees in the forest reach for the sky…
When I call out the woodland birds reply…
My mind is in heaven yet I am on the ground…
Communication with nature requires no sound…
Climbing mountains of sand and limestone…
At the top of the rise stands a circle of pines…
I stand among the sleepy conifer trees…
Singing praises to the deer and the bees…
As the earth slowly spins I steady my balance…
On the side of this mountain sitting in silence…
Ginseng takes the place of the spring May Apple…
The forest is the only place sacred like a chapel…
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Rainy day opportunity to share a selection of photographs from my weekend in the Appalachians… From sunrise to sunset, and a few from in between… plant petunias and question everything – chriscondello This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Bumblebee on Clover” – Hamnett Place Community Garden – Wilkinsburg, PA
Together we care for the soil… We sing praises to the sky…
We give drugs to the low… Yet we take drugs to get high…
Another day of gray skies on a humid august morning…
If the birds stop singing we will listen to their warning…
Rain is clearly on the way… Dark clouds are on the horizon…
When the weather breaks the morning sun will guide them…
The sun is my guide… I will follow it away from the moon…
When the sun eventually sets our minds begin to swoon…
A steady soul prepares us for the chance to float away…
The ground we plant beneath our feet the reason why we stay…
Wait beneath the thunderhead and you’ll eventually find…
Water falls and thunder calls to those who waste their time…
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