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From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to the brave people fighting the fire so close to us. It’s August 24, 2020 and just after 6:00 this evening, an immediate evacuation was ordered for some roads a few miles south of us that are up the hillside and closest…

Today, we work in the garden. While we work, we watch the wind. While we watch, we listen for the phone, or the Hi/Low siren that will tell us it’s time to leave. I don’t think we’ll have to leave, but that’s no more than a guess based on the…

That smoke over the hillside is the Woodward fire.  Passed the four month birthday for the plants a couple of days ago. That means we are ⅔ through the entire process. The home stretch beckons. At 11:00 last night, we got a message of a fire evacuation going on in…

Here you can see a friendly bumblebee making its way around the new lavender that has grown since Karen harvested a bunch several weeks ago. August 14 We are having our first 100 degree day (37.7C), with only 17% humidity. Weather like this is good for two things: 1) Killing…

This is Shiatsu Kush, on day 21 of flowering in this video, and we hope this is a preview of coming attractions. We want to get footage soon of bees interacting with cannabis flowers. Karen said this one was getting into the flowers, but before she started filming. August 11…

This is RK 18, with a cabbage moth flying by for inspection.  This plant is still in veg growing mode, though it won’t be for much longer. She is at the other end of the beds from where we take the photo at the conclusion of each blog, so she’s…

August 4 Well, we are enjoying the presence of the fox family this year, and they seem to be taking full advantage of the situation. In fact, they’ve gotten a tad too comfortable in the last week. I would love to explain to them how it’s really not our fault…

This morning was the first 4.5 gallon spray. That’s full capacity for my foliar sprayer. From here until we start cutting down plants, every foliar spray will be a full tank plus however much more I’ll need to finish. Last year, the top amount was seven gallons total. I expect…

July 21 With one plant having begun the flowering process, it is now glove wearing season in the beds. I did my initial pruning of Shiatsu Kush. Many more to come. She has already become sticky. From here on, I want as few fingers as possible to touch these plants,…