Hmmmmm? A friend of mine grew flowers in her backyard and made a faux greenhouse for the more delicate ones. I know she grew roses but also another flower...the name of which escapes me. She bought glass vases at 2nd hand stores, and had her flowers for sale on weekends and holidays. If memory serves, she made a pretty penny. Her roses all had fragrances, unlike many varieties which do not.

Fabric handbags are "all the rage" these days...and not that hard to sew up. I'm slowly working my way into making customized handbags. It may not last if the economy tanks, but it's a start.

Shiitake's and golden or pink oyster mushrooms are a great side income. they can fetch about 6-15$ / lb. you can get innoculant from Tradd Cotter at Mushroom Mountain or The Mushroom People at The Farm in TN. - its SO SIMPLE! i did it with a bunch of 6 yr olds! (and a bunch of other friends. To get a bigger flush- i have been shown to soak the logs- but i havn't started that process on ours yet. but it really is a great idea.

I've been doing sprouts a lot, and might start doing some sprouts to sell at the CSA here. And we have been making 5 gal. batches of Kraut which we are possibly going to sell to the CSA as well.

There are all kinds of ideas out there. I have a bunch myself. some i do some i pass out as ideas to others.

I've been trying to grow ginseng - anyone with tips? (oh and ya i'm in Appalachia too. lol.)

Many plants are easy to clone. Take cuttings from the lower part of the plant and put them in rooting gel and a rapid rooter. It a couple weeks you will have lots of white roots growing out the bottom. Replant these into cheap plastic pots and sell them on craigslist or wherever you sell stuff.

I have a few nice houseplants that are easy to clone. Rooted clones in small pots go easily for $10 each. A lot of people are looking for vegetable clones, houseplants, and flowers.

Did A Thousand Good Intentions leave this tribe or something?
just kindof surprised me thats all.

you wouldnt fell a dead tree to grow mushrooms that would be wrong. You have to use a live tree. Dead trees are already tainted by fungus and other things that are not good for you. And since the tree is dead or dieing it will not provide the nutrients that the mushroom spawn need to develope. Plus you may have competing funguses on the dead wood. You wouldnt want to accidently grow and pick the wrong thing.
If a mushroom growers log starts to grow something else they usually remove that log from the batch of logs they have and either burn it so it doesnt infect the rest of their logs or have a big enough place the put it in a rotten log section well away from the rest of their stock.

Mushroom growing to make money is not as easy as it sounds but can be lucrative if you work at it. Just like anything in life you have to be vigilant and work at it. Havin ghte proper moisture levels in your logs, turning them, dunking as anothe rposter mentioned. Having them all spread out to develope at various times so all your logs dont rot away the same year. Using the proper wood or trees to make logs so they produce good and dont rot away as fast.
Im just saying its not as easy as it sounds if you really want to do it right.
In Atlanta which is a good ways from me they get 25 dollars an ounce for fresh shitakes.
Just saying.