Why we love this book: When both Martha Stewart and Ed Rosenthal appreciate this book on growing weed, you know that you are on to something good!
Gardening expert Johanna Silver provides detailed instructions and beautiful photography to help you find a place for cannabis in your garden. Whether you are growing it for medicine, recreation, physical beauty, or straight-up curiosity, this book has something for everyone. As an added bonus, the last third of the book delves into techniques for harvesting, curing & the art of joint rolling plus easy to follow recipes for making infused products at home. The best part about this book is that Johanna’s voice is filled with respect for this wonderful plant and the sacrifices that so many have made to bring it out into the light after so many years of prohibition. She does so with a sense of humor and inclusiveness so that every reader can feel comfortable welcoming this plant into their garden.
The best part about this book is that Johanna’s voice is filled with respect for this wonderful plant and the sacrifices that so many have made to bring it out into the light after so many years of prohibition. She does so with a sense of humor and inclusiveness so that every reader can feel comfortable welcoming this plant into their garden.
Why to Grow Pot?
“But there is something a little more significant about including cannabis in the garden than eggplant or peppers. Cannabis is among the oldest cultivated plants in the world, and while it’s long been prized as food, for fibers, and as medicine and drug, it’s been just as heavily demonized in the last century. Prohibition in the United States began as a racist, fear-based response to immigration along our southern border. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the War on Drugs led the United States to have the highest incarceration rate in the world, disproportionately locking up people of color – a statistic that holds true today. The US government has wasted billions of dollars working to eradicate a plant that has never killed anyone. While legalization poses immense economic challenges to the cannabis community, it is a step in the right direction. And as such, it feels important to include cannabis in the garden as a statement of solidarity and normalization. I’m growing weed because I can.”