Hi All, I hope every ones 2010 has been stellar thus far.

This evening we harvested a few mature plants. JTR, NL & BB. We are very much looking forward to our seeds arriving so that we may begin that process. It is not unheard of for the process to take 6 months depending on many different factors ranging from genetics to environment through out the process.

We are going to mature any males we get and save the pollen, we are in the midst of planning and building a "male room" to accommodate this process. I can't wait to have a freezer full of pollen and live seeds of which I personally know the genetics. Maybe some Madison Valley Chronic will grow from this breeding endeavor :)

Well fingers are still mega-sticky so I had better go scrub them again with mechanic's goo :)

We are just finishing up the details of our Hope Caregiver franchise opportunities and will be releasing them via the blog and website in the next few days.

Stay tuned, we have been at the forefront of medical cannabis in Montana for over a year now with regards to integrating patients, medicine, technology & caregiving so our franchise opportunities are sure to make a big splash :)

This is a call to action for all physicians as defined by Title 37, Chapter 3 of the Montana Code Annotated¹ to stand up and find a way to become more accessible to the patients of Montana that have conditions that could qualify them for acceptance into the Montana Medical Marijuana Program. The law is clear as to what a debilitating condition is, so why is it so difficult for patients to find a doctor willing to sign the recommendation? The norm is that patients have to go outside their own primary care doctors and find an alternative means to get the signed recommendation.

Montana is not a highly taxed state or a state where the majority of the residents have a lot of capital at their disposal thus economics plays a large role in health care in our great state.

Cannabis is a viable, relatively inexpensive alternative to pharmaceuticals that they are comfortable administering themselves. Patients know when they are sufficiently medicated without having to pay for repeated visits to the doctor to have their dosages monitor. A lot of the news I am reading as of late appears to be heading down a road of "we can't control legal cannabis, so lets control the process by which a patient gains access to it, the doctors recommendation and forcing rules upon it".

This is blatantly wrong in our opinion. A doctor/patient relationship is not something that should be governed or maintained in a fashion that is destructive to the patient just because of the unjust attitude towards this miracle plant. We have to remember that this is not about control or money, it is about the well being of the patients that are benefiting from the medicinal uses of cannabis.

We tend to get side tracked nowadays when we discuss topics of contention, but the fact of the matter is that we have to recognize the reason the law exists and look at it from that sole perspective, not the perspective of our political party or our religious affiliations or anything else. The medical marijuana laws in the states that have them are for the sole benefit of the patient. Lets remember that and start making it more accessible to the patients that can so they can live their lives to the fullest.

Patients are actively seeking doctors willing to do consultation reviews for medical cannabis recommendations, not for another primary care physician, and we get daily calls for the names and numbers of doctors offering this service from all over the state. If you're a doctor interested in learning more about the Montana Medical Marijuana Program and how you can be an active part of it and the financial benefits associated with it, contact us today!

¹ "Physician" means a person who holds a degree as a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy and who has a valid license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in this state. Reference: Montana Code Annoted http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/mca/37/3/37-3-102.htm

We'll just finished harvesting the newly named #4 rack, all but the NL#5 looked nice and ready in the Jakks eyeclops scope :) We harvested 2 Jack the Rippers, 3 blueberries and 2 mental floss. For the cultivation system we use, one of the JTR's got as big as a soil grown one would have, just amazing.

Trimmed/pulled all the large fan leaves off and hung them to dry whole. We have such low humidity here in SW MT that I normally have to have my humidifier on high to keep my relative humidity between 46-55% but with winter I don't have to run it as often so there is no chance of drying to fast with these ladies.

Tomorrow I'll check the NL#5 again with the scope and see what the trichomes look like then.

We'll post some pictures tomorrow as well.

Until then - :)