Comments for One Good Year

Comment on “25 To Stay Alive” by MR. Bohar

MR. Bohar — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:52:43 +0000

Potato, potahto?

Comment on “25 To Stay Alive” by Mikal

Mikal — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:06:30 +0000

Thanks! Yes, I think you nailed it. Another common way to say that would be, “not everyone gets a point”.

Comment on “25 To Stay Alive” by MR. Bohar

MR. Bohar — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:39:12 +0000

I’ll surmise that the “not eveyone gets a bill” part means, that everyone who touches the “pound” is not going to make the standard $100 handling fee off it just because they know someone who knows someone in a dope deal…

Comment on One Bad Year by Mikal

Mikal — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:36:42 +0000

Thanks for visiting and reading all the way through!
SHB, I’d love to hear your story.
And, Grower, a bear! I have heard of that, now that you mention it. Way back in the mid-’90s, when I moved here, some friends had a dough-boy swimming pool set up on a ridge top, hidden in the trees under camo netting (this was in the CAMP era) to catch rain water. In August, a thirsty bear ripped the sides down to get a drink. I don’t recall how they watered their plants the rest of the summer.

Cows, wow. They’re probably worse than deer.

I should note that most of the getting-busted parts don’t apply these days if you’re a mom-n-pop scale grower and make at least a pretense of growing within California’s medical marijuana guidelines and you’re not trying to sell out of state. Half-way try to play by the rules and the cops don’t care. It’s not the ’80s here any more. On the other hand: mold, deer and thieves have no concern for how many 215s you have hanging on your garden gate.

This place has the craziest stories.

Comment on One Bad Year by Grower

Grower — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:49:24 +0000

yep its happened to me
*The pollen didn’t take and you got no seeds.
*In the morning you see a neat little hole and two empty seed shells in the center of each pot
*The bulk soil you bought was too “hot”, or you used bagged soil, but added too much chicken manure. The next morning you find the soil hot composting, with steam coming off of it.
*You’re paranoid and don’t let your friends see your patch, so you don’t notice that one third of your plants are males until they blow pollen all over your female plants. Oh, well, at least you’ll have plenty of seeds for next 5 years.
*That little brown leaf tip sticking out? Look a little deeper and you discover bud mold has infected your biggest colas, turning them to compost one week before harvest. And it’s supposed to rain tonight.
*You harvest what you can, but don’t have enough air circulation or heat in your drying shed and the rest of the buds mold while you watch, helpless.
*You stored it too wet and it molds.

And the one you missed
* cows trample / eat your crop .
* Bear bites water line draining tank .

All of the above has happened to ME in the in the lase THREE YEARS .All my eggs are NOT in one basket.
**over fertilizer and kill crop.
**under fertilizer and get low yield.

Comment on One Bad Year by shb

shb — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:18:40 +0000

I love this! I laughed, I cried. I will send you a little story.

Comment on If you give me wilderness, waves and wine and show me a sign, I’ll be… by Mikal

Mikal — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:36:06 +0000

Right? C’mon Photoshop whizzes, let’s see a tight rewording of this image.

Comment on If you give me wilderness, waves and wine and show me a sign, I’ll be… by pablo del lago

pablo del lago — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:57:56 +0000

It is a nice alliteration, but, would be better with “…Weed…”

Further to the east, it would be appropriate to add the “…Whites…”, but, we are in Mendo.

How about, “Come visit my Ol’ Lady” for the Grace Hudson Museum?

Comment on More Drug War Hysteria For The North Coast by Are Pot Farms Killing Nature? « UKIAH BLOG

Are Pot Farms Killing Nature? « UKIAH BLOG — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:06:32 +0000

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Comment on KQED Forum on environmental costs of pot growing by Mikal

Mikal — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:41:51 +0000

Hi Bud, thanks for the comment and link and sorry for the delayed reply. I’m on the road and got behind on replies. That’s great that you’re challenging that ban. Indoor-only and other mindless and paranoid regulations are what we get when growers don’t come out of the woods and grow rooms and organize. Seriously, folks, what other industry sits there and lets politicians who know ZERO about the subject write regulations? Most ordinances are drawn up after lobbying and public debate by all interested parties. But, the cannabis industry by and large sits back and lets others push them around. Even industry groups that have formed often have a hard time getting funding or convincing people to show up at hearings and so on.

This passivity among growers who won’t lift a finger to look after their own interests has always been a burr in my sock. The result will be corporate-friendly, anti-environment regulations that will exclude most small farmers. That will force people to stay in the black market, even if they want to go legit.

Good luck with Fresno.