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Yeah, in some respects it was a tough call since the outdoor plants obviously had a ways to go to fill in and grow larger flowers/colas, but I was gonna lose them to all kinda problems at this time of year around here…gotta know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em. On top of that, Ruby told...

And, here are the two Mango Smiles still chugging along indoors. If you put these next to the two I grew outdoors, it’d be easy to assume they were different plants. Outdoors were tall, lanky and had significant internodal spacing. The indoor ones are not as tall, and there is very little...

These are a MB15 and a OG Kush photoperiod clones a great buddy gave me, they’ve been growing outdoors for a couple of months. I have them in 5 gallon square cloth bags in milk crates (go figure, i think I have around 15 milk crates now - gotta love ‘em). they are encased in square tomato...

I took down the 2 outdoor Mango Smiles a couple days ago - I’d been spraying with BTI in early flowering, and that held the caterpillars at bay for a while but I was finding more of them every day, so I pulled them at day 63, well short of the advertised 70 -90 day harvest period. I probably...

The harvest went quickly with the GF and a grow buddy and his wife; it was a social occasion as much as a trimming session which was cool. I/we were very, very generous in tossing stuff into the larf bucket, so buds went in there that coulda been trimmed down, but they woulda been tiny, so we...

Yeah the Cannatrol has been running for quite a while; it really does a great job… I trimmed them heavily today in the sun to prepare for,the chop tomorrow. Right now they are in the dog/laundry room, which is the coolest room in the house (around 65 degrees) with a fan blowing directly down...

The plants are looking spectacular. I like the way you have them cleared of leaves for the first part of,the stalk coming out of the ground. Easier access for watering etc, and optimum airflow. We are all just bonsai wannabes… the new light is awesome, if I needed another light (I have...

Day 63, planning on chop on Sunday. They are looking healthy and the trichomes are cloudy, with some amber showing. There are still a few white pistils here and there, but I’d rather take them a bit early this time of year…going late gets ya into prime caterpillar and bud rot season around...

Yes, very easy to open and close. So much easier than a shelf full of mason jars…

Plucked just a couple caterpillars off them today, but once they show up it is hell getting rid of them, so the outdoor plants are gonna come down in the next couple days. The buds are all coated in tricromes that are 90% cloudy and 10% amber. I could wait a week, and maybe gain another few...

Yeah, outdoors is more work, and poses problems I don’t ever experience indoors (mold/bud rot/caterpillars and other bugs). I wish I had the space for an 8 ft tall tent so I could keep taller plants inside for their full cycle, but alas I don’t. I only move them outdoors if they fill the...

Those are citronella candles; i never light them, just let the airflow bring the fragrance into the enclosure. Keeps bugs away. I take them out when I am couple weeks from harvest to let the plants air out without them in place.

Day 60, taken with macro lens during the golden hour - last hour of daylight. Casts a nearly horizontal barrage of light which with the right subject and orientation yields no shadows, or something like that. the advertised harvest period for these is 75 - 90 days, so I'm gonna be patient and...

And, bunch of miscellaneous shots. I took over 2500 exposures in 3 days. Electrons are cheap...

Osprey cooperating nicely...these will be headed south soon. I found a website that tracks the migration of several of these that have been fitted with GPS transmitters. Some go as far south as Costa Rica. at the same time they are migrating southward out off this area, the eagles start to...

Great Blue Heron; prettiest bird in these parts...

A friend was here for a few days with his Nikon gear (bunch of lenses and bodies), and we were blessed with the conditions. As an added bonus, the Golden Hours (1 hr after sunrise and 1 hr before sunset) coincided with the morning and evening low tides, so lots of shore birds flitting...

moment frozen in time...

Day 51; inside vs. outside. Same strain, same germination date, same feeding schedule. Outdoor plants were indoors for the first 4 weeks, then moved outdoors where they’ve been sheltered from storms by a portable greenhouse I bought. The inside plants are getting nailed with a mix of light...

I like photographing birds and other wildlife. Will be out and about this week so stay tuned. in the meantime here is a long overdue update on these beauties…they spent the day on the covered porch during heavy storms. They are still easy to move around in the milk crates, so the pampering...