Grow Yer Own Stone – Alexander Sumach, 1974 book cover
Grow Yer Own Stone
Canada was much like the U.S. during the 70’s with high penalties for small cannabis infractions. In 1974 Author Alexander Sumach published a book proposing a solution…
Grow yer own stone…
In it he suggests the Canadian government allow law-abiding Canadian citizens to legally grow their own cannabis in their own homes thus cutting out the criminal element…
Did I mention this was published in 1974…
A Prayer for Cultivator’s – poem from Grow Yer Own Stone, 1974
A Prayer for Cultivators
For a hemp plant to be borne
Sow the seeds as April stormes
Seek their shelter in a barne
Hoe their garden rich & torne.
For a moon your darlings tend
For the sun you’ll pray.
Notice ye the shorter nites
And the longer days.
May all May be warm & brite
Might all June be sunny.
Hot & dry throughout July
Make August’s resins runny.
Pull the males before they blow
Don’t fertilize the ladies
Let them ooze their tears of woe:
Sweet sticky hashish gravy.
THC her finest hour
Catch it as it’s flowing
Pull the ladies while in flower
Their pistal tongues first showing.
Dry leaves slowly in the sun
The flowers set apart.
Grass brings joy to anyone
Who feels joy in their heart.