Rebirth: Colorado Schwag
Oh, oo-o-oh, come on, ooh, yeah
Family… FAMILY.. it’s been 12 years.. 12 years since my last marijuana harvest. Oh.. did some imaginary person just blurt out a series of questions. Well that’s what I heard.. must be the marijuana, right!?
What were you growing?
I finished growing some Princess Diesel from some seed I was sent from a medicincal grower somewhere near the West Coast. I finished that grow in March 2010. Would you know that only two years later, Colordao and Washington state legalized recreational marijuana. Of course, at the time, I was in New York City, the Bronx to be exact.
Why did you stop?
That is when my father had become ill. And someone had to take care of him. Although I tried to continue growing, I never imagined that ambulances would be visiting my home every other month, many times with police in tow as it became policy for police to come with the EMS. While that doesn’t make it difficult to grow marijuana, it makes it very difficult to stay out of jail for growing marijuana. Of course, at the time, despite decriminalization of marijuana, NY maintained the highest number of arrest for petty marijuana.
What were you doing for 12 years?
I did try to maintain my presence in the marijuana community via my website, various social media, and heavy forum involvement, public and private. I did have a small following on Twitter. I have a website that was very much in rotation with articles syndicated in the Chicago Sun Times (online) and literally bringing me a few dollars. Even then, that completely stopped in 2012. I took care of my father until he passed away in 2016. Within a few months of his passing, my mother had become ill. So, I made the decision to move out of NYC so I could be there for my mother. After about 4 years, my mother was stable and doing well. The question then became, what do I do now? For about the last 2 years, I’ve moved around quite a bit looking for the place I’ll settle down and call home. I think I may have found it. I am currently looking for 2 to 5 acres and a lottery ticket.
Why are you back?
I’m growing for the same reason I started growing the first time – I’ve got seed and I can’t find quality marijuana. When I first started, I just didn’t have any connects. While I did manage to find some over time, I left NYC and I left my connects. Ever since I’ve left, I haven’t been happy with the quality of marijuana I had been finding. It’s difficult going from the guy and grower that developed great connections to someone who didn’t even know where to start – again. Naturally, I found some people but I was never impressed by anything I was getting. I thought, maybe it was me. Tolerance breaks didn’t make much of a difference. So, I’m in similar conditions with a passion for safe, secure, and high quality marijuana that I know I can grow – AGAIN. And, it feels like a reset.
So, what are you up to now?
I am rebuilding my website as well as reconnecting on social media and forums. And, I am going to grow again. I’ve already purchased a grow tent, LED lights, and I’ve collected about 20 seeds from marijuana I purchased while I lived in Colorado. It parallels my first time growing. Then, I collected well over 100 seeds from what we call reggie or schwag. That’s what got me started. Being that I can’t remember exactly what marijuana those seeds came from, I just continued the parallel by calling whatever I grow from this, Colorado Schwag. Truth be told, that marijuana was supposed to be sensimillia (unseeded). Being that it is seeded, I really don’t know what I am going to end up with. The chances are high I’ll end up with hermaphrodites. As I was willing to chance it before, I am willing to chance it again. Difference is that I can get seed if/when I need to do so.
I’m back. Wish me luck, folks.
