2023 Picks: Gifts for Cannabis Cooks

Looking for great gifts for the cannabis cooks in your life?  As an avid cannabis cook myself, I’ve got some suggestions. Of course, if you know anyone serious about learning to cook with cannabis, consider enrolling them in my Easy Cannabis Cooking for Home Cooks online course. Yes that’s a shameless plug, but it is a quality […]

How to Make Cannabis MCT Oil Tincture

Dear Cheri,  I saw the directions on your website for how to make cannabis tinctures with alcohol.  I am interested in making some MCT oil tincture.  Do you have instructions for this, or is it just a matter of infusing oil like you would for cooking? The short answer is yes, it is just infusing […]

Review: RYOT Flat Pack Smell Proof Bag

A lot of my readers are going to love RYOT’s Flat Pack smell proof bag.  About the size of a large envelop, this bag is actually a bag within a bag.  After closing, odors stay inside! This bag comes with a small combination lock, that further keeps your stash discreet and protected.  The top closes […]

Decarboxylation and Cannabis Topicals – What you need to know!

Dear Cheri, Do you need to decarboxylate the cannabis first when making cannabis topicals?  Thank you! When it comes to decarboxylation and cannabis topicals, you can decarb but it is not absolutely necessary.  To be honest, most of the time I don’t.  (Side note, if you don’t know what decarboxylation is and why you might […]

Cannabis Cultivation: All About Autoflower Seeds

Dear Cheri,  I was shopping for some cannabis seeds and came across something called autoflower seeds.  Can you explain what auto flower seeds are and why I might want to use them, Or why I might not want to use them.  Thank you! Great question.  Our grow editor Mitch Mandell and I are both fans […]

Does Burnt Weed Lose Its Potency?

Dear Cheri, I was decarbing my weed in the oven and accidentally burnt it. My question is, will burnt weed lose its potency?  Can I save any of this or do I need to trash it and start over? The short answer is yes.  Burning your weed will cause it to lose potency.  As to […]

Will a Frost or Freeze Harm Cannabis Plants

Dear Cheri, My outdoor cannabis plants are almost, but not quite, ready to harvest.  The weather is predicting a hard freeze in a couple of days.  My question is to harvest or not to harvest?  Will a frost or freeze harm cannabis plants? Should I harvest now or am I OK to wait? Thank you. […]

Review: RYOT Glass Top Kief Screen Boxes

Here’s a terrific little gift from RYOT, it’s their elegant glass topped kief screen boxes.   Inside the wooden box is a fine mesh screen suspended above a bottom tray.  It all goes together and comes apart quickly with magnets.  How it works is you put in the cannabis, shke it about, and kief falls […]