Grow Life
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May 31, 2019
Where is the sweet spot for full melt?
Holding fast to preconceived notions will result in missing some gems. We hashmakers all "know" where to find the sweet spot where trichomes have the best representation of the plant at that moment both in flavor, melt. Certainly the spot is found in the 73 micron or 90 micron bags. Often 120 has gold too. The 45…Read more
Apr 10, 2019
Why Did This Bubblehash Nucleate?
This is nucleated bubblehash. How did it get this way? Taking into consideration that resin has MUCH variety, these are the reasons you generally see for initially very shiny pressed hash that later becomes matte. 1. There is a little (or a lot of) moisture in the ball. Freeze drying in no way guarantees that your…Read more
Feb 4, 2019
Why Won’t My Kief Press into Templeballs?
You love weed and you use just one special grinder to make your joints. You have been been disciplined and you have never taken the kief out of the bottom of your grinder. You know that this is precious resin that can be made into pressed hash. But then it fails! What went wrong? --- I made this short video because…Read more
Jan 21, 2019
Super Colorful Weed
obama-kush-leafly Obama Kush I love weed of every hue, but super colorful weed is positively psychedelic. I remember the first time I had weed that was like a rainbow. My husband, Nicholas and I were in Washington interning at WAM Oil in January 2014. He had fallen in love with concentrates. I wanted to gain as much…Read moreDec 5, 2016
It has been a while, but things were in the works
I must admit that I did not build out this section of my website as I had planned. However, I remember every single detail of what happened along the way of getting my first large(r) outdoor garden going. This past summer, I grew the following cultivars: Holy Headband Pre 98 Bubba KushPlatinum OG Purple Trainwreck…Read more
Jul 30, 2016