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CBG & Me
CBG & Me Because I grow these plants, I get asked about them from folks in pain. People are curious. They want to know about the alleged pain killing, spasm stopping properties of cannabinoids. My experience with them is limited to four years of growing, annual testing, and using, all…
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Clones
In the first blog of this series, I stated that I now grow exclusively from seeds. That was not how I started. My first year was entirely clones. My second year was half clone and half seeds. I am grateful to clones for helping me get started, and if there…
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Turn Your Head & Cough
Turn Your Head & Cough This morning, as my plants begin to show their sex, I’d like to offer a few words for the soon to be departed males. Over the years, they have attained a justifiable bad rap. They are less than stellar cannabis, and good for only one…
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The Long Game
The Long Game For all of you out there right now, starting gardens for the first time, or considering starting a garden, allow me this observation: True gardeners are in this for the long game. It’s not about what we’re growing now, it’s more about how and what we’ll be…
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Heat
Heat One day last summer, June 10, 2019, we had the hottest day we’ve had in our 22 years at this home. It reached 102 degrees fahrenheit. During this heat, as you can see in the photo, local quail flew into the garden and took comfort beneath the canopy of…
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Halfway to Planting
4 Halfway to Planting Today, the youngsters in the cottage are halfway to planting day, provided enough females survive. To help make certain I fill our beds, I’ve started five feminized seeds. So of the 32 plants in 3-gallon pots, all I need are seven females. Other than wanting a…
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Some Growling Required
Some Growling Required It would be fair to describe where we live as being on the border of a wilderness. We are surrounded by near pristine land. That such land still exists in California is a testament to the grit and stones of the people who fought to keep it…
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Inside the Cottage
Inside the Cottage For six weeks, my grow is indoors. I watch the sky and chart the progress of the sun, but while that process takes shape, I keep an eye on the babies. This is made easier by having the temperature and humidity being relayed into the house, so…
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Training
Training If you go back to the first blog in this series, you’ll see the weights of our four harvests listed. You can see the improvement in the beds based on weight alone. But the soil improvement was only one component to our sudden and dramatic rise in yield. The…
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Cultivars & Terpenes
I’ Cultivars and Terpenes One day in the garden with Bee, we were silently and happily pruning. Bee was working on a Harlequin plant displaying a Fibonacci sequence in its growth. We were both staring and marveling at the beauty, and the surprise of the discovery. Bee took a deep…
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