Posts by Shelby Pierce

08 Sep

Marijuana News

The SEC has a stern warning about soaring marijuana stocks

• September 8, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that marijuana stocks were a hotbed of potential stock manipulation.  The a...

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08 Sep

Featured, Weed

California’s Illegal Weed Industry Is Doing Better Than Ever

• September 8, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

It was 2004 when William P. first got into the weed game. He was 18 years old and spent much of his life on the road, traveling between...

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08 Sep

Featured, People

Alliant Energy has goats-for-hire plan for weed control

• September 8, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

If the town of Beloit gives its blessing, Alliant Energy plans to hire a herd of goats to munch on buckthorn, garlic mustard and other ...

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07 Sep

Featured, weed news

POC MASTER GARDENERS HOSTING WEED IDENTIFICATION CLASS

• September 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Come learn about weeds during this gardening class, “Identifying and Managing Weeds”, presented by the Pend Oreille County Master Garde...

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07 Sep

Featured, Weed

Medical marijuana tally: 146 applications for 6 shops as New Jersey expands medicinal weed

• September 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

In another sign of the robust interest in New Jersey's growing medical marijuana program, the state has received 146 applications to ru...

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07 Sep

Featured, Science

Dirty Fingernails: Don’t get worked up over bugs

• September 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Q: Do you recommend using landscape cloth when planting a new flower bed? A: Only for a year or two of weed control, if yo...

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07 Sep

Featured, weed news

9 peanut weed projects briefly explained

• September 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Like most of you, I am now in the stage where my herbicide applications are over, and I am managing the peanut crop for insects, diseas...

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07 Sep

Featured, People

Wine Spectator publisher sues Weed Spectator

• September 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

M. Shanken Communications Inc, the publisher of Wine Spectator magazine, has filed a lawsuit accusing the northern California-based ope...

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07 Sep

Featured, weed news

Watch: South Portland gets a herd of hungry goats to clear park of invasive weed

• September 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

SOUTH PORTLAND — A herd of goats was delivered to the Pleasantdale neighborhood Wednesday morning, on an eco-friendly mission to help m...

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06 Sep

Cannabis, Featured

You Can Now Book an Airbnb at a Weed Dispensary in Ontario

• September 6, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

In just a few weeks, Canada is set to become the second nation in the world to legalize recreational weed, with some reports predicting...

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