Hello Fellow Growers!
I’ve been perusing the content here for about a year, but just registered today. Before telling you any more about myself, I’d like to thank the many members who’ve contributed so much to make this forum what it is. The fellowship here is AMAZING! I can only imagine what a timesuck this place must be for those of you who post regularly.
I’m currently on my second grow (or maybe my third, if we count the plants I’ve started and given away to friends/family). At this point of my life, I’m not partaking in the fruits of my labor, aside from the joy it brings to give the gift of weed 
I’m still in the workforce, and may be tested. But I live in the US, in a state where we’re allowed to legally grow four plants at a time. So, why not???
For my first grow (started last summer), I set up a grow room in a closet. I planted two seeds, both of which were primarily medical strains, offering relatively low THC. One (Zkittles CBD) was a 1:1 strain promoted as offering 10% each of THC and CBD. The other (Venom) was to be a bit more fun, promoted as offering 14% THC and 2% CBD.
I opted to grow these ~mild~ strains initially for several reasons. For one, my wife and I are/were both leery of the reported potency of today’s weed. We both used to get high in the '70s and early '80s, before most growers were applying SCIENCE to their craft. I’m not smoking it now, but she is, and neither of us liked the idea of smoking weed that made us paranoid. …So I figured on starting off easy, to reintroduce us to the herb we enjoyed so many years ago.
The other reason for growing medical strains is that we – and our friends and family – are old enough now to appreciate the benefits of anti-inflamatory, stress-reducing, sleep inducing FREE MEDICINE! Ha ha ha …Not free, but certainly cheaper than prescriptions. And there’s something gratifying about growing our own, rather than participating in what I consider a corrupt scheme on the part of big pharma/big business (tobacco)/government entities attempting to enrich themselves off of a gift from Mother Nature.
Anyway… I’ll post when I can, but may not be as active on here as some of you. …Still working, but looking forward to having more time, in the future, to devote to this hobby we share.
Good luck to all, and THANKS again for building this community!
MrGreenJeans