Cannabis Chronicles

As is our normal practice when reviewing or suggesting a book, we usually try to include a decent excerpt with a book review (or recommendation), and today is no exception. Since one of the interesting facets of Lester Brown’s book is the prediction of the effects that climate and social change will have on [...]

As most anyone who has known us or read our blog over the last year might know, we are avid readers here at the bird’s nest, so it’s only natural that we’d want to point folks towards a good read from time to time. We’d also be the first to admit that we sometimes [...]

Before finishing our current coverage of insecticidal soaps, we thought we’d pass along some information we originally found at LivingWithBugs.com, a website created and run by an individual with a PhD in Entomology.  It seems we can’t help ourselves from calling Jack DeAngelis, a “bug doctor”.
Dr DeAngelis has some great advice on how to [...]

We’ve mentioned Planet Ganja before here at the Cannabis Chronicles, it’s a Cannabis forum that’s got a very strong measure of free speech in it’s founding philosophy. Not only does that make the forum itself unique in the cannabis community, it also means the forum itself attracts unique individuals who are knowledgeable and not [...]

One very effective tool available to organic and biological gardeners for controlling pests is insecticidal soap. Here’s a fairly quick and succinct guide to insecticidal soaps that was originally put together by the Colorado State University Agricultural Extension Service.
Insect Control: Soaps and Detergents
by W.S. Cranshaw - Colorado State University Extension entomologist and [...]

There are many differing viewpoints concerning pests and gardening. The 3LB’s viewpoint is not unique, however it is just a little unusual in a couple of aspects. When dealing with garden disease, it seems best to approach the problem much as would a physician, and the basic paradigm of healing is simple - “First [...]

LUI Day 90
here’s a peek at day 90 . . . these babes are a couple days into their 8th week
and harvest is looking closer and closer . . .

thanks again for everyone who’s chirped in . . . certainly this LUI grow has been
a real labor of love . . [...]

LUI Day 89

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LUI Day 89 - LUI 10__ here’s the first in a series of individual LUI portraits . . .

LUI Day 89 - LUI 12 __ the 2nd in the LUI portrait series . . .

LUI Day 89 - LUI 2 ___ the 3rd of the LUI’s . [...]

LUI’s Day 88 . . . and a “bird’s eye” view down at the smallest of the LUI on day
88 . . . their 49th day of bloom . . . completing their 7th week of bloom! they
are starting to look very tempting . . . even [...]

LUI Day 85
the colas keep putting on weight . . . a good friend (our wingman) told us we’d be
amazed at the way these babes continued to pack on the weight up to the end . . .
and as usual, he was absolutely correct . . . this is day 46 [...]

LUI Day 87
the LUI’s got a little attention on day 87 . . . since they are growing so huge . . .
we decided to rotate these babes . . . we ended up moving them to the outer
edge of our garden to help assure they get as much ventilation as [...]

LUI Day 86
on day 86 for the LUIs, they got a small drink of pure water . . . and kind words
of encouragement . . . about 2 gallons of water was shared between the bunch . .
. and that’s the way it was . . . [...]

One of the interesting developments of the ever evolving Internet is the movement towards websites where the content is provided by everyday people. Wikipedia is probably the premiere example of the explosion of this phenomena, it’s quickly evolved into being a referenced and quoted source, and the information is provided by dedicated experts, enthusiasts [...]

We found this story as a part of a long term project we’ve been working on to describe the way fertilizers are made and the impact their production has on our planet’s environment.
It’s a great human interest story that demonstrates some of the conflicts inherent in mankind’s never ending global hunger for fertilizer, and how [...]