Sunshine, Food and Medicine for the Soul
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” -Luther Burbank Photo by Jindřich Štreit
Tag: garden
The Swallow and the Other Birds, 6th Century B.C.
Swallow – Salvador Dali, 1957 The Swallow and the Other Birds It happened that a Countryman was sowing some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds were hopping about picking up their food. “Beware of Read More …
Himalayan Backpack
‘Young girl with cannabis on her back’, possibly making charas as she walks. Himalayas, India
La Canapa, 1950
La Canapa / The Hemp Stamp 1950 – 65 Lira Italian postage stamp titled ‘La Canapa’ or ‘the hemp’ with the region of Emilia-Romagna highlighted. Image depicts young lady during the Harvesting of Hemp. quote from the 1914 USDA Report Read More …
Our Home Hasheesh Crop, 1926
Hemp plant workers, Mapleton, Minnesota 1943 Our Home Hasheesh Crop The hemp plant, the source of the drug hasheesh, is one of the commonest weeds of the country; but there is little danger that it will seriously promote the drug Read More …
Poppies of Oz, 1900
The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman carry a sleeping Dorothy and Toto out from the field of Deadly poppies. By W. W. Denslow circa 1900 “All across the meadows, many poppies blossomed, and that were so hypnotic and brilliant Read More …
Fayette County, 1942
Fayette County, Kentucky 1942
A Ganja Field, 1894
“A Ganja Field” Khandesh, India – 1894 (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895′) Plate 70
Machine for beating out hemp seed, 1943
“Machine for beating out hemp seed” Printed in the Extension Circular No. 400 published by the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station in 1943
The English Flower, 1906
“well-grown plants looking graceful. It should be sown in the open ground” – ‘The English flower garden and home grounds’ by William Robinson 1906 The English flower garden and home grounds – William Robinson 1906 Cannabis Sativa (Hemp Plant) Read More …