I like blueberry, but blue dream is my only plant I grow for medicinal purposes. I had the same thing with a plant last year I grew and anything Indica dom is just not ideal for the humidity in SoCal. Plus, damn it, not the same magical high. Sigh…
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Fair enough, it’s good you found a strain that works. Really enjoying following your thread.
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So here is the cannabis patch where all the magic eventually happens. It’s tilled and the amendments are down. They will be cooking until the solstice in there. I’ll throw some marigolds and borage seeds down in a few weeks as companions, but I’ll need a 3rd till first when the grass and weed seeds surface from this till. My dumb ass won’t be planting any Nasturtiums in there this year. Last year they drew aphids. If I do more Nasturtiums I’ll put them behind the garage to draw aphids away from the cannabis. Live and learn. Cannabis plot is about 19 sq feet. I’m honestly hoping Dad’s cheese plant doesn’t hit 9 feet like last year. 9 footers make for impressive photo’s and such, but unwieldy and hard to manage for one little 5 foot grower. I know most folks pray for plants that big. I’d be happy with all 6 and 7 footers honestly.
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Looks great, beautiful yard. 
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Thank you, Doug! My cottage style garden is on it’s 3rd year now I believe and still a work in progress. This year I’ve been hyper focused on my shade garden, not shown in the photo. The yard goes way back in the other direction this photo is facing. Even after 3 years a lot of plants are still growing in from original seed or bare root plants. Not to mention the hundreds that died, were replaced etc… are gardens ever just finished? lol
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A work of love that never ends I think. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. Hey it let me leave a like again, woo hoo.
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The one major perk of being a leader here. I get unlimited likes!
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Oh I so want that, perhaps one day if I am deemed worthy 
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Sort of… ask me how I know. heh.
Looking like summer there. We had a few 80º days and now around 38-40 with rain and some snow. Not supposed to freeze tonight but close. We rarely get all day rain. The trees are all turning green right in front of me. I think tonight should be our last cold snap. I hope so.
The hummingbirds have settled in and I think I have 2-3 couples. The other birds are slowly showing up for the spring drive by. Since we had a drought last year there isn’t much to eat right yet so I have to pick things up for these cold days and nights. My yard is full of birds, lol… fun stuff. Good vibes for your little starters… they’ll be little trees, soon!
Oh, @gramps may know a BD source. I can’t remember but he does buy clones from Dark Heart and may have gotten it there.
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I actually get dark heart alerts when they drop clones in my neck of the woods. Haven’t seen any BD drops in a few years actually.
I’m completely in love with the bird feeders and all my new species of birds. Boy do they clear out that bird seed fast! Hopefully they are eating a lot of bugs too!
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Yeah, and the local stores have figured out that we all like to feed birds. They keep cutting the bag sizes down but they cost so much more that way. They used to sell 40 lb bags all day long but not now. It’s insane really. I bought two forty lb. bags recently from a feed store out of town a ways but it turns out to be a lot of shit most don’t like. Luckily the blackbird flocks eat anything, so I’m going through it. It has sunflower and most birds eat only that.
i’ve already seem a couple of birds this morning that weren’t here before today. We are supposed to be taking our feeders down now because of bears. They’re out of hibernation and already have some young.
A 39 yo woman was killed a couple of days ago outside of Durango by a Black Bear which is very rare. They found her body which the bears consumed some. They found the momma bear and two cubs and had to euthanize them all. They found human remains inside tow of the bears, but one yearling didn’t have any inside.
That’s really freaky. They never do that. Only third or fourth bear death in Colorado history I believe. Black bears are mostly herbivore.
I saw a lot of wildlife yesterday when going to visit some friends in the mtns. yesterday. Lots of Elk, and Deer, and a turkey. Not sure why but deer and elk have been down low all spring. Other people have told me the same. Not sure why this year. I haven’t seen a bear yet but they’re out. I have them behind my house. One almost got inside my house 3 years ago while I was getting stoned and nodding off in the recliner… lol… When I went back to see what was going on, we both scared each other, ha… I haven’t had one in my yard since, that I know of. I saw one last year behind the yard. He had been down two nights that week and killed all but one of my neighbors chickens. He broke into the pen. When they start eating meat, they’re more dangerous.
sorry for going on… wake and bake rainy morning… almost lunch. peace
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Wow! I think I would shit myself if I ran into a bear! The most I get in the city is some squirrels, raccoons and possums, the occasional skunk. According to my neighbors we have had a few coyotes the last few years killing dogs and cats, but I haven’t seen one. I love animals, but I wouldn’t want any bears in my backyard! Be careful!
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We have Bears and Blue Dream the bears haver never bothered us but the Mountain Lions have killed some goats and sheep . The price you pay for solitude ! I have Blue Dream out doors this year still some in a jar from years past great pain relief .
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Bless your heart! You’re a good daughter. Made my old heart smile! Thanks.
Blessings…
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Hmmm afraid they’d eat bugs or maybe some oatmeal that’s out of date. They will show up just for water I find.
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@Meesh i got one that just started showing roots with your name on it , should be a nice little teen by end of the month beg of June 
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Why are they so small?
(JK hahaha)
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Yes!!! Stoked!
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Already found a caterpillar on PWC 2. Couple little pin holes in the leaves. Luckily leaves are easy to come by until bud, but damn I had forgotten how fast these little suckers pop up. I’m remembering last year now with my BT sprays starting weekly in May.
So far only one tiny pillar, but I may actually need to spray them in veg until the insect barrier is erected in June. Dad’s been working on the infrastructure the last 2 Sundays. Rigging a 10 foot tall structure over 400 sq ft for the ag net is a pretty big job. Just hoping it turns out as he plans and my days of BT sprays and caterpillars are numbered.
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Damn pillars! One of the worst;
I never knew that they string web from under the leaves and drop down into the soil during the day. Sneaky, hungry beasts… Coming out at night time to munch down all ur precious buds…
It got me amending my soils with Diatomaceous to discourage it but if I notice I have them and they are coming in hot, I will thick coat the top soil with it also so they string down into it when they try and hide. This sometimes dries and acts as a top-soil barrier if you don’t slowly amend it in so some people don’t like it and I get it.
I’ve soaked pots before and seen pillars float to the top and crawl around… Freakin’ buggers.
Besides that I also karate chop Moths every chance I get…
Hope u get rid of those munchers Meesh! Happy grows ~
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