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  • A lifetime of Summers

    I’ll take another of these pictures in September, when the girls are fully grown. Right now, they are getting trained, and as of this morning, they are also getting their first inner pruning. More on them next week. But in the meantime, I’m in a nostalgic mood as we approach…

  • Dealing with the Unexpected

    You are growing for the first time outdoors and you notice that one or more of your plants are beginning to flower. You don’t want this, you were not expecting this, but what are you going to do about it? The first time one of my plants tried to flower…

  • Perfect Growing Conditions

    75 degrees (23.8 Celsius) and 60% humidity. Those are some perfect numbers. When I look at our garden weather station and I see 75 degrees and 60%, I have to pinch myself and smile. It’s June 2, all my plants are completely adjusted to their beds and they are reaching…

  • Vegetative Growth

    Veg growth on a 400 plus year old tree, yes, I’ll take a little of that in my tea, please. The plants are settled in their beds. There are a few minor problems to address, but overall, the transition from inside to outside has been smooth. The plants are taking…

  • Away We go

    Welcome to my beds, Rosé. It’s Saturday, May 17, and currently I have 10 out of 12 beds filled. There is also a 25 gallon smart pot sitting outside the beds, amongst the lavender, where we grew a small Fruitcake last year. We’re going to grow a larger plant (hopefully)…

  • Decision Week

    The 19th of May marks the six week point of the grow. On the calendar, it says the 19th is my planting day. The week leading up to that date is the fish or cut bait week for the plants. I’ve got a table full of contenders and another partially…

  • CBG & ME Part Two

    If you know someone with cancer, please share this blog with them. This is the sequel to a blog I wrote in 2020. I’ve got a lot more information now. In 2014, while experiencing the worst pain that a man can feel, Bladder Spasms, I was introduced to CBG. I…

  • Mornings

    I’m usually up by 4:00 a.m., year round. Part of that is a function of my age, and part of it is how farming has changed the way I live. I’ve referenced my love of mornings in many blogs, but today I focus on the value of doing most, if…

  • Light

    Here’s a Love in a Mist to greet you. Light is an appropriate topic for me today, since I’ve been having an issue with the sun around here since putting my feminized starts in the ground. We usually start getting some warmer days in April, but not this year, until…

  • Questions from subscribers #1

    Royal Kush in bed 20. Over the winter, I picked up some subscribers, thank you very much, and I recently received a batch of questions from a couple of them, so I wanted to take a moment and address them. Thank you for the questions. I encourage others to do…