Invasion Of The Marijuana Growers

[Molalla1]

My property is a mile west of the county road. Therefore - I have a mile long driveway. Just across the county road, from my driveway, is a twenty acre parcel.

I wasn't so concerned that these knotheads were setting up a MJ growing facility. Not until I witnessed the calibre of clients that came to this facility. Seems that half of them didn't know right from left and came down my driveway.

Then that GLORIOUS night. I was awakened by the sounds of sirens. Something had gone wrong and the entire mess burned to the ground. Nobody seemed hurt but all that remained - ashes. Thankfully - it never was reestablished.

Maybe they tried spraying something volatile/flammable - ??

Maybe . . .

 

[Dftodd]

My property is a mile west of the county road. Therefore - I have a mile long driveway. Just across the county road, from my driveway, is a twenty acre parcel.

I wasn't so concerned that these knotheads were setting up a MJ growing facility. Not until I witnessed the calibre of clients that came to this facility. Seems that half of them didn't know right from left and came down my driveway.

Then that GLORIOUS night. I was awakened by the sounds of sirens. Something had gone wrong and the entire mess burned to the ground. Nobody seemed hurt but all that remained - ashes. Thankfully - it never was reestablished.

Maybe they tried spraying something volatile/flammable - ??

Usually the growers aren't allowed to be the sellers as well. The weed goes to dispensaries to be parceled out to the public.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

But where does it stop? My neighbor to the south is about 60 acres and on the east is another 88 acres. I do play the lottery.

I hear you... It's amazing how much land one needs to stay private and secure. Here in the Blue Ridge we are lucky to have a lot of ups and downs, hollars and ridges; it does help. The problem I see you having is a zoning issue; but if you are like me, AG zoning lets in everything.

 

[5030]

Sure it's not commercial hemp instead?

 

[CADplans]

My sister was growing cotton in the 1980's, the neighbor sprayed some 2-4D,, it drifted,, over 100 yards before it got to the crop.
There was not even a legal action, the guy that sprayed paid for the lost crop,,

There may have been insurance involved, I never heard that much detail.

That was FORTY years ago,, in Virginia,,

 

[masseyrider]

It's legalized in Canuckistan now but it used to be a good earner for me years ago.
I live along a waterway that has the city on the west side and we are rural on the east side.
Our side of the waterway has trees and brush so the city folks would sneak over and put in pot plants.
I've never grown or used it myself but somehow my dog was attracted to it.
When we'd go for a walk he would spot all the plants.
I'd cut them out and leave them initially.
Until someone told me he'd split whatever he got for it from some "people" he knew.
From then on it was something of a cash cow.
You just had to be lucky to time cutting before the actual growers did.
Also most of my garden tools, hoes, rakes, shovels, watering cans come from that time. People would hide them in the brush.
"Spark it up man"

 

[JasperFrank]

What happened in our area was that the POT Farm hired a bunch of tenders to be on site. So our little easement road became something else. They had 14 employees, each driving up the hill, then down the hill of lunch, then back up the hill, and then back down the hill to go home.

 

[etpm]

It's too bad the growers that moved into OK are such bad neighbors. But just because somebody is growing pot doesn't automatically make them bad people. It is truly unfortunate that the propaganda about marijuana has caused it to be illegal for so long. Especially since getting high is only a small part of the benefits of cannabis. It is true that cannabis grown for fiber is lousy for getting high. And pretty much the opposite is true because cannabis grown for getting stoned is not grown in a way that fiber extraction is economical. But both uses are legitimate. And the economic potential for fiber is great. Just like when alcohol was illegal in our country all sorts of very bad people get involved. And still, because we treat distilled spirits differently in our country and tax it to extremes, it also attract criminals. Though I don't know any marijuana growers I did meet some moonshiners back in the late 70s. I wished then that I hadn't met them. Purely by chance I met 'shiners who threatened my life. They were deadly serious about preventing me hiking on state forest lands. I had no idea I would run into people like that. I found out later that I had "trespassed" into a forbidden area in the low Sierra. I was just hiking. But the area to be avoided was an open secret where I lived and I just wasn't in on the secret. I never went even close to that area again. I had a family. It just wasn't worth it to challenge the assholes who didn't want anyone around. I was offered moonshine though several times. To drink and to buy. I never bought any.
Eric

 

[MohanKabeer]

Hey there, I just stumbled upon this thread and found it really interesting. While I do agree that the behavior of some cannabis growers can be problematic, I don't think it's fair to generalize and label all of them as bad neighbors.

 

[CobyRupert]

Hey there, I just stumbled upon this thread and found it really interesting. While I do agree that the behavior of some cannabis growers can be problematic, I don't think it's fair to generalize and label all of them as bad neighbors.

Right. You’re just going to get individual perspectives and antidotes here. 999 cases of “nothing happened” won’t get retold. But the 1 in a 1000 will.
...or is it 1/100 or 1/10,000…see, I have no real data either.