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The raid which resulted in the arrest of multiple foreign nationals and which marked the acknowledged beginning of a new slant of targeting trimmers also marks a great I-told-you-so point for the more paranoid. According to today’s piece in the Times Standard, some of the major pieces of evidence against the trimmers are scribbled onto the sides of paper
Read moreAs prices for pot drop, prices for trimming have begun slowly to drop, too. Growers have argued that trimmers don’t really face much risk and yet they get over 10% of the income. (Prices last year roughly averaged around $16oo per pound for outdoor and $28oo for indoor while trimming fees were around $200 per pound.) No one could even
Read moreThe Humboldt hills get a lot of visitors this time of year. Most aren’t used to the road and the unwritten rules. Locals can get a bit testy about the results. To me, the main rules are: Stay on your own side. If you don’t know the road, drive slowly. And, if you do know the road, for this time
Read moreIn December 2008, a Southern Humboldt blogger began posting fictional tales of the marijuana culture. Some people were appalled. Most were enthralled. For three months her stories gripped the online community and then, abruptly, she was gone. Even though SoHumBorn pulled her blog, for months her stories were available in the cached version but eventually they, too, were swallowed into
Read moreHands Frequent Photo “I’m doing it because I have frikkin’ kids and no child support,” Bee says. Bent over a tray, picking through sticky green product for long, tedious hours, the women, and it’s mostly women, who work the clipping tables usually gossip, laughing and sharing stories to pass the time much as quilters might. The silver flash of small
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