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Ripoff Moon, another good year, the same old fear.
(This was written two years ago, but is still just as relevant, so I thought I’d reshare it.) By Mikal Jakubal “The ripoff moon. That’s what my grandpa used to call it…the ripoff moon.” Ripoff moon...
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Humboldt Wildlife: Coast Giant Salamander
We were doing some chipping here a couple days ago and we found this critter living under the pile. It’s Coast Giant Salamander Dicamptodon tenebrosus, closely related to the Pacific Giant Salamander...
View ArticleBeing “Marijuana Positive” isn’t just for stoners.
Edit funding update: as of this posting, we’ve got $2,273 pledged on our Kickstarter funding campaign, from 48 generous backers. While that’s a small start on the $31,000 total we need to raise in a...
View Article“Clip a bale of ganja!” In one-and-a-half minutes.
In the final documentary, you’ll see people carefully harvesting their plants one branch at a time, selecting each branch when the flowers are at their peak potency and cutting in such a way as to make...
View ArticleMore Drug War Hysteria For The North Coast
Pot farms wreaking havoc on Northern California environment “It wouldn’t matter if they were growing tomatoes, corn and squash,” he said. “It’s trespassing, it’s illegal and it borders on terrorism to...
View ArticleMore Drug War Hysteria For The North Coast–Part 2
[This is an extension of the piece I wrote last night in response to Joe Mozingo’s piece in the L.A. Times titled “Pot farms wreaking havoc on Northern California environment”. The pot biz in Humboldt...
View ArticleGreed Weed
I hereby propose a broad, catch-all label for those growing pot in a manner that is destructive of the land, water, fish, forest, wildlife and community: GREED WEED or, if you prefer, GREED GANJA We...
View ArticleKQED Forum on environmental costs of pot growing
Hi everyone, I’m on the road at the moment, but wanted to give a brief update. I got a few on-air comments on KQED’s Forum discussion a few days ago. The subject was the environmental costs of pot...
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One Bad Year
As a friend of mine says, “The season’s not over till the money’s been spent.” Growing a small personal marijuana stash in your backyard is as easy as growing tomatoes. Pot farming is also the most...
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“25 To Stay Alive”
Or to be nipped in the bud. At first glance the thin, hand-cut, flyers fluttering in the breeze on the Garberville bulletin board appeared to be a speed limit reference. I had to put on my reading...
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