Lavendar's - Continual Harvest - 5th Grow

[ChicagoJoe]

probably better send me an email on that....like what kind? hows the wife doing? L

k,
she is doing GREAT. we have to keep up the positivity and keep it up some more. Thanks for askin.

 

[Mmmmick]

wow, thats a full day L. but sounds like you had a great time of it.

Grape Ape sounds like it should have been on my last seed order. i'll put it on my list for next time, great smoke report.

I took a quick look around for it but didn't find a source. Can you name the breeder?

 

[lavendar]

wow, thats a full day L. but sounds like you had a great time of it.

Grape Ape sounds like it should have been on my last seed order. i'll put it on my list for next time, great smoke report.

I took a quick look around for it but didn't find a source. Can you name the breeder?

yep, it just happens i went to his mmj college, and he won a cup....skin cancer survivor.....apothecary seeds, bret bogue....either ssc, or attitude, and he has an agreement with green house, they carry his kiai, kaya? kush...its named after his daughter....wasnt positive it was his, but thought so, and then i went to find out....and it is....great guy....hugs, L, do a search for grape ape on those two....for some reason, i think it is single seed? i'll go look...

 

[Mmmmick]

CanadianHempco has Grape Ape 15/$167 Canadian.

Didn't see it on Attitude.

 

[lavendar]

CanadianHempco has Grape Ape 15/$167 Canadian.

Didn't see it on Attitude.

he doesnt say where to get them...but i emailed him, and as soon as he or wife get a chance they'll get to it....
info here tho:

Apothecary Genetics

thanks for the clue.....will go see....

 

[lavendar]

first things first.....a smoke report....

GRAPE APE

flavor: out of this world, tastes kinda like a mild red wine....
nose: to die for....on the inhale, and still on the exhale...totally great..smells like, faint in the distance on a hot day, grapes...
bag appeal: gorgeous, not really a long cure, but didnt need it....totally
excellent....beautiful size,
high: totally killer, took 3 hits, put the pipe down and started to answer peeps on the thread when i realized it was fantastic....a total 10...or better, subtle and then just really there....we dont usually do a ten....this is a ten...
really calmed down the spasms in my back and relaxed me, but didnt disable me.....great high....and this was the first thing i smoked today, had one hit earlier of another kind, but made me cough, so put it down....so it was a good comparison ..
ashes: like a white cloud, flushed to perfection....excellent job....not a snap, crackle or pop in the pipe....really clean...

I wish i could take credit for it....BUT....I DIDNT GROW IT....

somewhere on a slip of paper i think i have a number....i NEED this plant....just total excellence.....but...I DO HAVE A SEED...one of our sponsors has them....

ok, so sunday morning, total ice on the road....really bad, got there fine...we were early, which i like....set up....
got a great spot, with people we knew from the other time nearby....many more farmers at this one....even a guy, didnt get his bus. card, who had mmj bbq sauce .. was cooking some pieces of meat and putting in sauce with tooth picks so you could sample it....smelled heavenly....didnt get to get over there, or would have tried it....
got a chance to ask alot of questions about legalities of certain things, to avoid trouble...so, got the hob nobbing done somewhat before peeps got there....the man nearly ran out of tables there were soooo many venders...he was busy....and they had just had a breeders cup the night before last....he had to be tired....but got alot of legal questions cleared up...
oh, the breeders cup went to a new guy, super silver haze...his first grow....hydro....so there may be hope....
the music was great, a mix of reggae, and rock...just right....the venders hobbed nobbed and shopped within for a while....oh i got the most beautiful cherry pez baby....shes now in isolation....so far, so good....but shes going to do the entire ten days....no more borg bugs....she looks good tho....
only one they had....and one ive wanted....the lounge was set up so cool, told her i was moving in.....lol....hippie, turkish, wood look....very comfortable....
everyone is starting to work on their spaces....too bad you cant keep them up, but safer this way....
we had samples of everything we had on a silver tray, with bong, papers, pipe, and lighter...and dishes of reg. candy off to one side, with jars filled on the sides....newsclip letter, ect set out.....even had some hash on the tray...a smorgasbord....a grab bag of specials for 8 a g. donations and free birthday ones.....note to self....get this booth finished....
there was one vender with pineapple upside down cake....and some sort of a bundt cake that smelled just great....didnt get that either....no time....
some reg. munchies at one booth.....,more mmj, then mmj and clones, with fruit drinks, organic made with mmj...also some hash....us with about 20 strains of mmj and hash, next time add tee shirts, cups, mmj capsules, tincture, alcohol and glycerin, oh, we had cookies also....oatmeal...very good...some of our photos of mmj we've raised....gr. daughter wants to add food, more power to her....i dont do cooking....done too much of it....lol....alot of other stuff to add also, but time its going to take....have the supplies, and want to add a few each time, not all at once....have the design of the booth done....working on the pvc frame....this is turning into a supply detail....but fun....i think i need a small truck....with canopy....
first i think i need money, a better economy, health plan, and decent housing for those in need...whoops, ... off subject...
then out of no where, mmj. sales showed up....lighting specialists, all had recommendations, its a private market for safe access remember....anyway, a variety of bus. reps related to cannabis showed up, that was interesting..all legal mmj patients, somehow, i always thought we were all growers, we're in all phases of this new business....real learning experience...it really is the new wild west....lol...no samples tho...darn it, and i tried so hard....need a new light....at one point i was doing one thing with something and talking to some guy about the history of s. african mmj, and zulu in particular....love those landraces, they all have a story....anyway i looked up and theres like 6 people standing there smoking and listening to this story....oh boy.....there was only one, last time i looked....needless to say, the zulu is gone, hubby is thrilled about that one.....asked me to save him some.....big whoops...i do think i have some saved for me tho....lol...
its all good....talked to some peeps who had just opened a disp. and were
there also doing the donation thing....looking at the lay of the land me thinks...that hugh conglomerate that was here last month, 3 couples, now has a job supplying some big disp. downtown....fast move there....good for them....anyway got to talk licensing options with the disp. peeps, and finally got an answer to a question i had....are we farmers? florists? greenhousers?...cute and very logical answer....who'd a thunk it??? oh, there were lollipops, suckers, pipes, one guy worked his pipes there while his girl tended to things....almost like a barter faire.....if it gets left alone, it will be a total success....so far so good....now the fly in the ointment....we finally got a lull, gr. daughter from sales, and me from salesmen....and the guy from the desp. comes over and starts talking and telling me to be careful if we deliver, ok, i'll bite....he got jacked when he made a delivery....took a qt. lb. at gun point....let him go....lucky..,he said they were there the month before, i remembered seeing them....wow....guess they caught one of them....sure am glad they didnt shoot him....somehow, that snake rolls in, no matter who gives the party....gotta try to foul it up somehow....have to watch closer now when we leave, the guard will take you out to the car....every ups got a down i guess.....
the whole thing was great....was sure tired....finally got the car loaded up, and took the gr. d. home and drove 60 more miles to mine....stopped and got a hot black cup of coffee, rolled the window down for a while and enjoyed the silence....was snowing....was a fun and quite adventuresome day....felt good rolling down the road watching the snow fall in silence on the snow covered road...even took the back road home....good thinking time....good night all....hugs, L enjoy!!
and we were given much more than we gave....still enjoying it....

bump

 

[Mmmmick]

he doesnt say where to get them...but i emailed him, and as soon as he or wife get a chance they'll get to it....
info here tho:

Apothecary Genetics

thanks for the clue.....will go see....

Thanks Lavendar, maybe the Canadian outfit has the real deal. I'll wait until you hear back.

 

[lavendar]

Thanks Lavendar, maybe the Canadian outfit has the real deal. I'll wait until you hear back.

when i went to track him down...it shows his main area of growth now is spain...he moved from seattle, oregon, calif, to spain...used to grow with eddy lep....before it went south...legally....i think hes in spain now as its fairly legal....alot of good us growers have left because of the laws here...fed..you cant breed with out stock, and cant grow enough to make the genetic changes...he does have his mmj college now...which was great...and he is working or has a travel agency which caters to the competitions....i found the card and got the guy...hes bringing me 5 clones..to the feb market...good donation, so i wont gripe....he knew none of the strains history or even who bred it...amazes me...hes just trying to make his own way tho....will ck on the seeds, but i bet its brets grape ape...the names are fairly patented...sure i'll hear soon unless someone is sick....i do know his kaia kush is now distributed by green house now....they bought the rights to it at the last cup for breeding...so there was a deal of some sort...L
i know he uses bubba kush, and admits its not his baby, alot in his breeding programs....and bubba kush is green house....anyway...night...L

 

[OldMedMan]

Now, I'll be out looking for Grape Ape.....Hmmmm this doesn't seem to stop!

I was right there with you at the market! I just lived vicariously through your words. Busy, Busy, but much done and seen, and sampled. So glad your booth was popular again. I think you have a job now and it will only get better. WTG Lav!

 

[Barry Manilow]

Thanks for the great report Lav! I wish I could go to something like that.

 

[Tmac12]

birds make a bad winter bearable.....gotta say, my fav. is swans and cardinals....so graceful, so bright and pretty....
well, happy b'day to you, and many more....are you going to get more grow stuff?
hope the snow doesnt keep you house bound, and you can go and have a great time....depth reminds me of ak....by the end of winter, we would be walking in tunnels.....all my stuff finally got here, so i can get started....i'll send you a p.m. soon so keep an eye out....hugs, L

Thanks Lav, we did stay in, I will make up for it another day. Better off safe and at home!! Getting lite snow since early morning. New England is sure getting the business now!

I can watch the birds for hours. Have a lot of junco, titmouse, cardinals. Hubby said one of the neighbors chickens was up on our wood pile. They are using the paths he has shovelled to get around!!

Glad to hear you got all your stuff! Will be alot for you to do, but dont overdo it. Is the market just once a month? hugs

 

[lavendar]

Thanks Lav, we did stay in, I will make up for it another day. Better off safe and at home!! Getting lite snow since early morning. New England is sure getting the business now!

I can watch the birds for hours. Have a lot of junco, titmouse, cardinals. Hubby said one of the neighbors chickens was up on our wood pile. They are using the paths he has shovelled to get around!!

Glad to hear you got all your stuff! Will be alot for you to do, but dont overdo it. Is the market just once a month? hugs

yep....will be alot to do...just pace myself....have bronchitis again....hate it...but its my curse....yes, only once a month, thank G....anymore and i would be permanently laid up....too many germs....in a closed up building....sounds rather germaphobic, but im not....not much immune system now.....it stays busy fighting all the metal in my body which im allergic too...so i catch alot of colds.....it will get better...i hope....yep, we have chickens also....only way to get safe eggs anymore, the way they raise and house them....used to work cleaning the barns in ark. so i saw it first hand...and it "aint" good....but i do hate to see the feds regulating another industry....big brother ect...and now they own all the farms and ranches nearly, so wont be long until they own the whole food supply...forgive the rant....
i do use the market to network alot....it helps, i love the free access to mmj members, they come in the first time, and its like kids in the candy store....so much to look at....may become caretaker to a guy there with fibromyalgia...not a pretty disease....real nice guy...that will be our state limit if i do....so still deciding....i just have toooo much empathy....wish i could fix them all.....and the market is my main social outlet, cant go visit much and dont like visitors....tooo risky....so we pretty much isolate here...so as the hubby says, its good for me...at least i dont go into a shell this way....any ideas on where to start....hugs, L

 

[lavendar]

Thanks for the great report Lav! I wish I could go to something like that.

i know, it would be so nice to meet some of you all there, but, alas....and it really is fun, no matter how tired i get....good to meet peeps of a like mind...except for some....some are just too kool for school, if you know what i mean....take care, your garden is doing good, well, its time to go put the betty crocker hat on and play chef....hugs, L

Now, I'll be out looking for Grape Ape.....Hmmmm this doesn't seem to stop!

I was right there with you at the market! I just lived vicariously through your words. Busy, Busy, but much done and seen, and sampled. So glad your booth was popular again. I think you have a job now and it will only get better. WTG Lav!

silly goose, i dont want a job....cant have one....its just to stay social....other wise i would end up a total social recluse....the first half hour is hard for me, im so used to being alone, then in come the peeps....once i start talking tho, its like a dam breaking, and it gets ok....almost all the venders are that way, we groan around putting up our stuff, and snoop at each others goodies, and look for bargains with each other, but ...that is what i mean when i say, im an extroverted introvert....just have to jump in...the g. d. is still shy....shes getting much better tho, but doesnt go initiate the convo's....she will get there....her disease has kept her alone and scared until lately....shes kinda got the scared scared out of her....she really loves what shes doing and considers herself an entrepenour....of the great mmj event that is taking over quite a few business's....i really hope shes wonderfully successful....will fire you off a message soon...take care...the girls look great....hugs, L

 

[lavendar]

well, the col. gold is going to be d/c....that is the ugliest plant....i just really dont like looking at it....want to rip it out....it is just scraggly looking....first plant ive kicked out cause it was ugly....smokes great, but i dont like to grow it....i think it needs outside, or diff. lighting........AND, the truth be told, the kid, he grows it better, and it looks great for him....diff. lighting...



the blue mystic is nearly ready, have clear xed her twice now and shes been on water, m/h2o for about ten days....she looks great, but not blue...what is it with me and no color....darnit....one of these days....

flushed the jack h, and sweet thai, and super lemon haze (yes, the same one from last summer) .. i am down to 15 refill plants in various stages now...a good time to clean house and do some new seeds....going to wait to use 5 more plants first, i think....never know how the situation will play out tho..

most of the clones that will make it are planted, and time for a new batch...had better luck with the coco so will stay with it for a while....

been using alot of bush master to keep the tall plants under control, and this time it is working....before i was afraid to use what they recommended, but it worked great this time, their way....

trying to get the working capital togather to upgrade and redo bulbs in the hps lights....its time, once a yr....and some of the phototron need replaced also....

the pink or cherry pez is doing nicely, but doesnt like being alone....she came from a large family of diesels and white widow sisters....but she was the only pez girl....either hard to clone, or they kept them all....hummmm?

have an order in for 5 grape ape clones to come feb. market....he thinks he will become a vendor there....it is really growing....but, what is the point of too many vendors? or is there?

im thinking that the pendulum is really swinging right now, and alot will quit, and some will move on to greener pastures...one already has....so? just watching in the mean time....

some of the mmj "trinkets" are not important to have, they are just things for peep to look at, and maybe buy, what i really want is great mmj, and killler tincture...and a little bubble hash....but to get there, you start here....wouldnt mind doing a muscle tincture either....

ok, thats it for the garden...

now for a funny story....

yrs ago, i made chap sticks and all natural products along with silver jewelry and sold all that at craft fairs....so i still had a few, being a real tight a and never throwing anything usable away....so i decide to clean out a few drawers and boxes....the only real space to work on in the trailer is the front room floor.. now all this happened when i was still crawling along instead of walking, as i was still learning how to again....hubby had some boxes lined up and in reach, and i dump merrily away....sitting on the floor with the goodies...i make it thru the first couple and the garbage is filling up, and lo and behold, one of my chapstiks shows up....this is good as my lips are rather dry....still working away, and find it again, ok, its an omen...so i open it and smear it on really thick, and start mushing it in, all over and around the lips and under my nose...wtf? ... this is ugly smelling, well, maybe its the cold, and my nose is fouled up....so i flick my tongue out over it, get a good slurp, and yukk, this is awful, no wonder i dont make these anymore...its been a good ten minutes now....oh double yukk, this has to go...so i grab a handful of tissues from one of those little pkg. you put in a purse...and proceed to start wiping, ahhhh, no, way...the tissue isnt sliding, its tearing off, in tuffs, i now have these 2-3in tuffs of tissue all over my lips nose and mouth....wtf? so i take more tissues, and wipe more....just no go, i can look down my face and i see these tuffs of white tissue...GLUED...there....not chapstik, a glue stick....oh, just great....how long do i have to get this crap off me, and scoot across the floor, get standing up, before hubby walks in...i tried everything in the arsenal of men or women to get that crap off, including warm wet wash cloths....i now need to work on getting this mess cleaned up before he gets back, so i abort the face washing, its now red and raw, with white tuffs of tissue attached...im not gaining, im losing....ok, here i am, throwing stuff away, trying not to cry, facing the fact that im now terminally funny looking, and what is the antidote for glue? will the hospital have it? how bad will they laugh when theyre out of sight, and worse yet, what about hubbys reaction....jn he walks, smiles at me, and i went off...dont even ask,,,dont say a word....just let me explain....so he sits down, and listens, only about the time i said glue, he blew it....he was laughing so hard....he got the glue remover, and got the tuffs off...took forever, and the hide did come off too....moral...never trust anything without a label, even if it looks like a chapstik....just one of the funnys of life...hope it put a smile on your face...it does mine...NOW....hugs, and goodnite, L....reason for the story being? i just found another no label looks like a chapstik, only this one smells like tea tree oil....hummmm?

 

[ChicagoJoe]

too funny. I like the smell test though. mmmm, tea tree oil

 

[OldMedMan]

Lav Thanks for the great read!

Wait! I'll take the Col. Gold! I think your right, needs sun.

Your mind goes a mile a minute! What energy! Smoke some indica girl.

Loved the story! Hubby to the rescue! Too bad he didn't take pictures.

 

[Tmac12]

Great story! Too funny! I cringed when you reached for the tissues!! Want to yell "dont do that" Ouch~~

 

[Xlr8]

Lavendar - that's an awesome story! As soon as I read about the tissue sticking to your face all I could think was uh oh - glue stick!

Thanks for sharing and giving me a smile this morning.

Best -

 

[Dee House]

what a story lav...bet it was a site..

 

[Barry Manilow]