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a couple volunteers:woohoo: . can you tell that ladder has'nt been used in awhile? LoL. at least they'll be guarded well.
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nice find :giggle:
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o cool find wow nice
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Looks like your dog know's what he's doin! Pretty stealthy grow spot I might add!
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barrelhse, yes, this is her first grow, LOL. and this is her guarding her stash. ...
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FLA Funk said:
It's always cold and it's always cloudy, However, it was once grown in the UK, in the Middle Ages, from at least 800 to 1800 AD there are even towns name after Hemp - Hemphill or Hempriggs, and many more places are marked on old maps such as Hemp-buttis, Hempisfield and Hempriggis. Large amounts of hemp were grown in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but not enough for the British Navy - the war against Napolean's France in 1812 was fought, in part, to control the supplies of Russian hemp. In Victorian times peasant produced imported hemp undercut domestic hemp, and its growth died out in the UK. I think the last record of it growing in the UK was on the coast near Portsmouth but I can't remember.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Place names which still exist include:[/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hemphill (Kilmarnock Parish, Aryshire) [/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hempland (Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire) [/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hempriggs (Wick, Caithness) [/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hempy Shot (Oldhamstocks, East Lothian) [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Placenames found on old maps include:[/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hemp-buttis (1556, Auchtermuchty, Fife) [/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hempriggis (1571, Alves, Morayshire) [/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hempisfield (1642, Plenderleith, Roxburghshire) [/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hempshaugh (1663, Selkirk) [/FONT]
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Cannabis hemp was widely grown across Britain in the Middle Ages, from at least 800 to 1800 AD, though the amount grown varied widely through the centuries. It was mainly grown for fibre which was used to make sails, ropes, fishing nets and clothes. Old clothes were recycled into paper. Oil was produced from the seeds and was burned in lamps. It may also have been used as a folk medicine and for food, but it's a mystery whether or not it was taken as a drug. In this section we'll first explain what types of evidence of hemp cultivation there is, then summarise where and when hemp was grown in Britain.
The evidence that hemp was grown in Britain comes in several different forms. First there is some written evidence in parish records and government reports. There aren't that many references to hemp, because agricultural practices were not widely written about. Secondly there are many places in Britain today with names such as Hemphill or Hempriggs, and many more places are marked on old maps such as Hemp-buttis, Hempisfield and Hempriggis. Thirdly there is evidence from pollen analysis of lake sediments, although again not much for two reasons. Firstly the sites chosen for pollen studies, tended to avoid agriculturally favourable areas. Secondly, until 1987 it was diffficult to identify hemp's pollen.
Sediment accumulates slowly at the bottom of lakes and the pollen of whatever plants were grown around the lake is buried with it. A metre of sediment contains a few hundred years of history, and deeper you core the older it gets. The sediment can be carbon-dated or there may be distinctive bands of other plants' pollen which have known dates. Gradual variations in the amount of hemp grown can be seen across the years.
England
There was an early peak in hemp production in England from 800 - 1000 AD, followed by a slackening in interest by farmers as new crops were discovered. In the early sixteenth century hemp was re-introduced and its growth recommended. Large quantities of hemp were needed to supply the English navy, and Henry the Eighth ordered his subjects to grow hemp. Large amounts of hemp were grown in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but not enough for the British Navy - the war against Napolean's France in 1812 was fought, in part, to control the supplies of Russian hemp. In Victorian times peasant produced imported hemp undercut domestic hemp, and its growth died out in Britain.
Scotland
Hemp didn't appear in Scotland until about 1000 AD, 200 years later than in England. There was a general explosion in agriculture around this time (shown in the pollen records) and hemp was one of a number of crops, such as cereals and carrotts, that were grown widely for the first time. By 1200 agriculture became more intensive in Scotland, and specialist crops were grown in different areas. Thus hemp became less common in most of Scotland, but stayed an important crop near the fishing communities where hemp was used for fishing nets, ropes and sails for the fishing boats, and where manure and seaweed were availiable for fertilizer. Hemp was grown in Scotland up to the 18th century when hemp fields were replaced by the wooded estates of the gentry.
Place names which still exist include:
Hemphill (Kilmarnock Parish, Aryshire)
Hempland (Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire)
Hempriggs (Wick, Caithness)
Hempy Shot (Oldhamstocks, East Lothian)
Placenames found on old maps include:
Hemp-buttis (1556, Auchtermuchty, Fife)
Hempriggis (1571, Alves, Morayshire)
Hempisfield (1642, Plenderleith, Roxburghshire)
Hempshaugh (1663, Selkirk)
The Kelton (Kirkcudbright-shire) Kirk Session Minutes of 1724 mentioned that a man appeared before the church court because he had thrown a woman against a hemp rigg, while another old history book records that a papal legate travelling in Scotland in the fifteenth century observed in every rural habitation, the people employed in speparating the hemp from the stalks. Other old books mentioned hemp being grown in:
Lewis, Outer Hebrides, 1771
Islay, Inner Hebrides, 1814
Mouswald parish, Dumfriesshire, early 18th century
Two lake cores, taken from Black Loch in north-west Fife (near Newburgh) and Kilconquhar Loch in south-east Fife (near Elie) were analysed for hemp pollen. In Black Loch cannabis appeared around 1045, at the time of the increase in agriculture. Large amounts of hemp were grown until 1210 after which there was a decline and no more hemp was grown after 1265. In Kilconquhar Loch however hemp pollen was found consistently throughout the core, only dissapearing during the eighteenth century.
In Medieval times religious hospitals commonly grew hemp. Hemp features in the recommended plants section of the great religious gardening books! Many monastic houses have areas of land named after hemp, and some have remenants of hemp-retting pools. It is likely that hemp was mainly grown for its fibre, but also for medicine for the hospitals. Little evidence exists of the growth of hemp at archeological sites because traditional archeologists threw away the soil etc looking for artifacts. Only a few environmental archeologists bothered to look for (and find) hemp pollen in the grounds of medieval hospitals.
References
SHARP (1989) Third report into the medieval hospital at Soutra, Lothian/Borders Region, Scotland. ISBN 09511888 28
Whittington, G. & Edwards, K.J. (1990) The cultivation and utilisation of hemp in Scotland. Scottish Geographical Magazine 160 p167-173.
The evidence that hemp was grown in Britain comes in several different forms. First there is some written evidence in parish records and government reports. There aren't that many references to hemp, because agricultural practices were not widely written about. Secondly there are many places in Britain today with names such as Hemphill or Hempriggs, and many more places are marked on old maps such as Hemp-buttis, Hempisfield and Hempriggis. Thirdly there is evidence from pollen analysis of lake sediments, although again not much for two reasons. Firstly the sites chosen for pollen studies, tended to avoid agriculturally favourable areas. Secondly, until 1987 it was diffficult to identify hemp's pollen.
Sediment accumulates slowly at the bottom of lakes and the pollen of whatever plants were grown around the lake is buried with it. A metre of sediment contains a few hundred years of history, and deeper you core the older it gets. The sediment can be carbon-dated or there may be distinctive bands of other plants' pollen which have known dates. Gradual variations in the amount of hemp grown can be seen across the years.
England
There was an early peak in hemp production in England from 800 - 1000 AD, followed by a slackening in interest by farmers as new crops were discovered. In the early sixteenth century hemp was re-introduced and its growth recommended. Large quantities of hemp were needed to supply the English navy, and Henry the Eighth ordered his subjects to grow hemp. Large amounts of hemp were grown in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but not enough for the British Navy - the war against Napolean's France in 1812 was fought, in part, to control the supplies of Russian hemp. In Victorian times peasant produced imported hemp undercut domestic hemp, and its growth died out in Britain.
Scotland
Hemp didn't appear in Scotland until about 1000 AD, 200 years later than in England. There was a general explosion in agriculture around this time (shown in the pollen records) and hemp was one of a number of crops, such as cereals and carrotts, that were grown widely for the first time. By 1200 agriculture became more intensive in Scotland, and specialist crops were grown in different areas. Thus hemp became less common in most of Scotland, but stayed an important crop near the fishing communities where hemp was used for fishing nets, ropes and sails for the fishing boats, and where manure and seaweed were availiable for fertilizer. Hemp was grown in Scotland up to the 18th century when hemp fields were replaced by the wooded estates of the gentry.
Place names which still exist include:
Hemphill (Kilmarnock Parish, Aryshire)
Hempland (Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire)
Hempriggs (Wick, Caithness)
Hempy Shot (Oldhamstocks, East Lothian)
Placenames found on old maps include:
Hemp-buttis (1556, Auchtermuchty, Fife)
Hempriggis (1571, Alves, Morayshire)
Hempisfield (1642, Plenderleith, Roxburghshire)
Hempshaugh (1663, Selkirk)
The Kelton (Kirkcudbright-shire) Kirk Session Minutes of 1724 mentioned that a man appeared before the church court because he had thrown a woman against a hemp rigg, while another old history book records that a papal legate travelling in Scotland in the fifteenth century observed in every rural habitation, the people employed in speparating the hemp from the stalks. Other old books mentioned hemp being grown in:
Lewis, Outer Hebrides, 1771
Islay, Inner Hebrides, 1814
Mouswald parish, Dumfriesshire, early 18th century
Two lake cores, taken from Black Loch in north-west Fife (near Newburgh) and Kilconquhar Loch in south-east Fife (near Elie) were analysed for hemp pollen. In Black Loch cannabis appeared around 1045, at the time of the increase in agriculture. Large amounts of hemp were grown until 1210 after which there was a decline and no more hemp was grown after 1265. In Kilconquhar Loch however hemp pollen was found consistently throughout the core, only dissapearing during the eighteenth century.
In Medieval times religious hospitals commonly grew hemp. Hemp features in the recommended plants section of the great religious gardening books! Many monastic houses have areas of land named after hemp, and some have remenants of hemp-retting pools. It is likely that hemp was mainly grown for its fibre, but also for medicine for the hospitals. Little evidence exists of the growth of hemp at archeological sites because traditional archeologists threw away the soil etc looking for artifacts. Only a few environmental archeologists bothered to look for (and find) hemp pollen in the grounds of medieval hospitals.
References
SHARP (1989) Third report into the medieval hospital at Soutra, Lothian/Borders Region, Scotland. ISBN 09511888 28
Whittington, G. & Edwards, K.J. (1990) The cultivation and utilisation of hemp in Scotland. Scottish Geographical Magazine 160 p167-173.
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i promise you , me , and my gypsy girl, will not be using these babies for rope, nor net, nor sail . no, not i , we have plans on flying high:fly: :rofl: ...
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banjobuzz said:a couple volunteers:woohoo: . can you tell that ladder has'nt been used in awhile? LoL. at least they'll be guarded well.
Tie the plant down alone the ladder..
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hey flyinghigh, we had a fem plant here a long time ago, that grew over 15 foot tall, it went up a 6ft fence , and we trained it all the way down the other side. i wish i had some shots of her, i dont. the fence was long ago removed, so we could build a larger dog pen. i'm thinking of weaving it in, and out of the ladder rungs. hope this one is fem also, if so, i'll show you some huge buds.Flyinghigh said:
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a few pics after an afternoon passing shower.
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hey maybe you will need that ladder to trim that bud.
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its a 20 footer, LOLgettinggray1964 said:
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its growing good now. ... the last pic is a white widow that i started inside, it was looking stunted from the others, so i put it out with the two unknown volunteers ... maybe it'll do something , who knows. the bigger one grew 8-10 inches in past week., and the small one may have grown
2-3 inches. i havent nuted these at all. nothing but rain, and sunshine.
gonna tie the larger one down real soon. enjoy the pics'. :farm: ...
... the last pic is a white widow that i started inside, it was looking stunted from the others, so i put it out with the two unknown volunteers ... maybe it'll do something , who knows. the bigger one grew 8-10 inches in past week., and the small one may have grown2-3 inches. i havent nuted these at all. nothing but rain, and sunshine.
gonna tie the larger one down real soon. enjoy the pics'. :farm: ...
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