My friend Mary and I have always bonded over flowers and gardening.
I was her assistant in her vegetable and herb garden.
She taught me about digging holes with the proper depth, and we’d add a small amount of potting soil and plant food before planting seeds or small plantlets from the department store landscaping aisle. Once I was prepared to do most of the task by myself, Mary helped me set up my first flower bed. I was so obsessed with gardening and seeing as these small plants grow into big lushish flowers with brilliant colors I couldn’t imagine in our wildest dreams. I had to take a break during college, despite the fact that I was back at it when I graduated and took a job in the city. My friends and I are renting a home that is only a few blocks from downtown and our area outside is small. I have a few flower plants and a little bush out there, however there isn’t room to grow cannabis. After recreational cannabis became legal in our state, I decided I’d try our hand at growing my own marijuana plants. But growing indoors has myself and others headed in new turf. I had to buy books on marijuana cultivation to get a better understanding of what sort of gear I would need. The other day I obtained the fluorescent lighting that I need for the small grow box that I’m building in our study room closet. These lights weren’t low cost, but they’ll ensure that I have strong plants with high yields of cannabis flower buds that can be dry-cured and smoked.