As U.S. marijuana laws have relaxed on a local level in recent years, growing weed at home for medicinal or recreational use has become legal in almost half the states along with all of Canada. This has opened up new ground for home gardeners.
Just as growing your own tomatoes ensures freshness and quality, cultivating cannabis can protect against pesticides or chemical fertilizers and provide premium weed at a fraction of the cost of buying from a dispensary or other government-regulated store.
While the focus of this guide is on growing cannabis outdoors, or sun-grown, it also offers basic instructions on indoor growing, from choosing a space or buying a grow tent to installing lights and maintaining optimum growing conditions.
The author, Alexis Burnett, promotes the use of regenerative farming techniques like soil tilling, sequestering carbon in the soil, and using natural inputs when growing cannabis in home gardens. “I believe that gardening is a remnant of our role as caretakers of the earth… Through observing nature and thinking about the life and health of the soil, environment, and community from a regenerative standpoint, we can continue playing this role by bringing balance and harmony back into the spaces and land that we steward.”