1 year Steemiversary (best of the best)
This is the final post of my 1 year Steemit annivesary recap! The best and most interesting images, writings, and links in one spot. The first segments were here, here, here, and here. All images are mine.
Like this one! Cheekily pointing out the simplicity of the difference between cannabis, hemp, and marijuana:
Summary:
The plant is cannabis. The dried buds, which contain the cannabinoids, can also be called cannabis - or weed, pot, etc.
Hemp is every part of the cannabis plant except the THC.
Marijuana is racist slang.
All hemp is cannabis. Not all cannabis is hemp.
Back to Bitcoin
Next I posted a great (or I thought so anyway) image. Please right-click and 'view image' for full screen.
And : "Bitcoin at 7300, up off the recent low of 5880, but there's one more crash before the recovery. It looks like we'll soon make a lower high, leading to one more lower low - a final buying opportunity before the markets recover in 2019."
We indeed made a lower high (7412 USD) and are in the process of retesting the 6000 level.
I believe this is the last buying opportunity at these prices for Bitcoin and other functioning cryptocurrencies. Here at 6100 is the right time for many to pull the trigger, while some will hold their dry powder for a crash below 5800.
Censorship worsens
Many people still don't know this, but FaceBook memory-holed "marijuana" and "cannabis" a couple months ago. Searches for those (and many similar) terms come up empty. The pages, groups, and people may still be there, but good luck finding them!
Venezuela in Crisis!
Due to a massive influx of Venezuelans on Steemit, I began to get to know some. Many of them were here to tell the world the truth about the political and economic crisis in their country. I realized there were things going on that most of the world didn't know about, so I asked the people for their stories, photos, and information.
It was through that post that I met and introduced a few new friends, including Edgar @edgargonzalez, a professional father, trying to feed his family after economic collapse.
(I also researched and posted a method for Venezuelans to "cash out", convert their Steem to local currency in their bank account.)
Through the summer I continued making and sharing informative images about cannabis "legalization":
And lots of 'plant porn':
This is my wife with a small Pink Kush flower I gave her (we dried and smoked it and it was delicious):
Here , I put out the call: are there any other gardeners who grow cannabis with nothing but water?
I didn't find any, but I'm still looking, so if you know anyone who is blogging their 10000% organic grow, please tell me!
It's around that time I started celebrating my Steemiversary, but I won't stop the recap until we catch up with the present!
Back to crypto prices again about one month ago, I predicted "after a few months of choppy sideways action (possibly including another brief lower low), prices will start to recover."
We're a month into that sideways choppiness, and testing the 6000 support area again now.
As the gardener, my role is to exist in symbiosis with my plants - a long-term beneficial arrangement. They've done this before, and don't really need much help from me! To ensure their health and happiness, I mainly need to stay out of their way.
Canada just "Legalized" sweeping new Police Powers!
Harvest time
Those flowers were supported by the plant from the moment they started growing until I cut them off last week. I touched only the stems as I broke down the plants. They hung to dry in the air, still untouched. The buds were trimmed still on the dried stem, and snipped off into the jar still pristine. They've never been touched - except by air.
This is the kind of cannabis that will NOT be available in 3 weeks when Canada "legalizes" recreational cannabis! Nothing about it will be legal. What I'm doing here at home, growing real medicine and curing cancer, is going to be punishable by 14 years in federal prison! That's the rest of my healthy living years.
But this is my right as a free person and my civil disobedience will continue. Nobody can rightfully stop me from peacefully growing and using plants.
At about the same time, I started a new (and unrelated) project called Mission: Agua-possible, to buy a pump for a crisis-stricken Venezuelan neighborhood.
We're on Week 4 now - please check it out!
Next Generation
The next crop of cannabis plants for my garden was sprouted October 1st! Northern Lights, and Steem OG!
My plan is to end up with 4 strong adult females going into the flip to flower (3 NL, 1 Steem). They'll flower through the holidays and be harvested early in the new year. I will once again be growing "morganically", meaning the plants are never given any fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, or anything they would not encounter in the wild. Nothing but water and air!
Seeds are fully-formed baby plants, and they're alive - just in a suspended state of growth! A seed is already the whole plant, and simply needs to sense the right conditions. Once it does, it unfolds, breaking free of the outer shell, starts drinking through its roots, and photosynthesizing with its green shoot. A seed is a plant - curled up and sleeping in a shell. A seed is neither a beginning nor an end, it's simply one stage in the ... process ... of this glorious plant species, as it continues the unbroken genetic line.
A few days after that, and I reported the sprouts were up and photosynthesizing:
This is a Steem OG seedling. Steem OG is an F1 hybrid cannabis strain created by @jonyoudyer. It has a real mix of genetics, including:
- Hindu kush
- Afghani
- Cali orange
- skunk
- cheese
- Columbian gold
Then:
⚠️ B.C. just added another layer of restrictions, limits, and fines with barely 10 days before "legalization"! ⚠️
❌ You can't own more than 2 pounds of bud!
❌ No smelling before you buy!
❌ No dispensaries with lounges, clubs, or delivery!
❌ No vaping inside or near public buildings!
❌ No using weed in vehicles, on boats, or on patios!
ALL taxes apply to ALL cannabis - even medical!
Forked!
And just last week, in my weekly update on Steemit income, I noted that since HardFork20 my income has dropped below the linear rate of growth.
Can my team and I get back on track? The update comes out tomorrow (every Sunday afternoon).
Shitty posts
My next post, one about worm poop, got a huge upvote from @Curie worth $30, which will surely help with my stunted growth recently.
The worm 'castings' were diluted and strained to remove solids, providing a nutritious drink for the seedlings.
5 days ago, I posted a really cool "infographic" about Canadian cannabis legalization:
An image I posted here that is getting shared a lot on FaceBook right now:
If "cannabis prohibition is the most glaring evidence that we aren't free", as many activists including myself have been saying for many years, then cannabis legalization is the most glaring evidence that we're getting even LESS free!
🍁 "Legalization" is already a failure for recreational and medical users alike. 😒
Whatever you colour it - the black market, the gray market, the green market - the FREE market for cannabis in Canada will never die!
Thank you for helping me celebrate my first year on this awesome platform.
There's lots more to come! I post about 6 to 10 times every week, always trying to add quality unique content to the blockchain, and using comments and upvotes to interact with my followers. I appreciate your interaction and support!
I hope you had fun reviewing my first year (and a bit) - STEEM ON!!
DRutter
