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This Splotch Monster piece began as part of a live drawing session at the January 2017 Growroom Getdown event, held at the Songbyrd Record Cafe in Washington, DC. Some additional, collaborative work was done by Eric Gordon on the lower left character.
The Cannabis Cup is a festival that was started in 1987 by High Times editor Steven Hager, who came to The Netherlands for an interview with the founder of the first Dutch cannabis-seed company. The Australian owner, Nevil, lived in a mansion filled with growrooms that Hager dubbed "The Cannabis Castle". The festival, held annually in Amsterdam, The Netherlands is one of the most famous cannabis events among cannabis smokers and cannabis-oriented businesses. The public is exposed to a large variety of marijuana strains which they then help to judge. A team of VIP judges decide which seed company brought the best marijuana, while the judges-at-large decide the Cannabis Cup, best new product, best booth, best glass, best hash and best Nederhash.
Highest recorded participation was in 2008 with 2,300 judges. In 2008, the 21st Cannabis Cup featured the induction of Peter Tosh into the Counterculture Hall of Fame, with performances by Andrew Tosh, Ky-mani Marley, CenC Love, Bushman, Rocker T, and Leon, as well as lectures by Roger Steffens. In 2007, the 20th Cannabis Cup featured Tommy Chong and Redman. A film of the anniversary event was released in the summer of 2008.
Marijuana use is decriminalized in most parts of The Netherlands. Much of the marijuana present is from the different coffee shops around Amsterdam. Usually the Cannabis Cup has a surprise weed, a strain of marijuana that is new to the culture and will be tested by the judges. Many tourists go to Amsterdam to attend the festival. Due to the decriminalization of marijuana, the Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contents can be quite high. Therefore, it is recommended for judges to have a high tolerance to THC. Some of the stronger marijuana which comes in 'hash' form can have strengths of up to 75% THC.
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OK, we've had our fun chasing motor bikes around the back streets of Cambodia and now it's time to get serious.Well as serious as we can be and still function properly while maintaining the status quo..;-)
It all stared a couple months back when I spotted an old man looking in the bathroom window. Startled, I told number one wife there was an old bald man starring through the bathroom window and to quickly come and look for herself!
She advised me there is no window in the bathroom and I once again assured her there is and an old man is looking through it right now.
Number one wife come in the bathroom and shakes her head while saying " you silly boy that's you in the mirror."
Puzzled I replied, "so when did you cover up the window with this mirror ?"
She was quick to announce that "she, my number one wife was very very sad now !" Her lower lip even popped out
just a little bit. Wow, that caught me completely off guard creating an alarm to go off. "No you, you can't be sad, why are you sad ?" I replied. A gut wrenching story flowed forth about how she felt my tinfoil shield, the one always worn under all my hats, had failed and that my mind had been probed by outside forces which makes me now a "security risk at the highest level. Not only to her but to the two Doe Doe Birds as well. And this is un-exceptable ! "
Well this news was nothing short of earth shattering !.. I decided then and there things had to change, so I took a nap...
After a half hours sleep I got up feeling refreshed and ready to take on any new challenge that came my way.
Found number one wife and proclaimed this new found energy and repeated my wish to take on any project that was worthy of doing... She handed me a broom,...
I was horrified and my self worth hit rock bottom as I slowly swept the floor and started thinking out a new plan..
As much as it pains me to say this my body has been talking to me too. In fact right now I am once again using a bamboo walking stick as support due to falling down some wet cement steps and twisting same old right leg, ankle and foot that was broken this time last year.
Good news is it will feel much better when it stops hurting, and that's a fact....
Number one and I had a long heart to heart and it was decided as much as it hurts and tears my heart out, I will not be teaching anymore. Been there done that and now it's time to mellow out. Mellow like a bowl of Jello kind of mellow.
So a plan was set in motion. My roots come from a farming environment. I'm a known quality and quantity grower among certain groups so here we go, back to my roots.
But this time the crop is going to be "Fungi", that's right White Oyster Mushrooms originally from Hungarian origin and all organically grown right here in our own tropical compound.
This is the beginning, March 8th we did our first mini harvest, slightly over one kilo from five bags.. More is on the way cuz there is 220 grow bags now with 300 more bags being delivered today, total 520 bags.
The math goes like this...150-250 grams per bag, per day times x number of bags, soon we will be moving a lot of weight and this is good ..;-)
Within another month or two if all goes right we should end up with 2000-3000 grow bags each producing white oyster mushrooms for the wholesale market.
Plus there will be some select shrooms grown on the side for the elite appetite.
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A stable network of buyers near and far is now in place all eagerly waiting to be supplied by the Mushroom Man and his band of Merry Pranksters........;-)
Thanks for coming by and reading this to the end. For completing that task you will be awarded one big mushroom.;-)
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