FYI Laying low for a couple weeks. Had a very close fly over for 15-20 mins on Sat morning followed by a noticeable increase in police presence in my area with several agencies that aren't normally in my area. Normally I wouldn't take such drastic precautions however this plane was circling my home and made sure to alter it's path to get a good look at my plants. Now while I am within my limits, I don't want any attention/issues so I have gotten rid of all clones and pulled all possible male plants just to be sure. Sorry to anyone that was looking for updates. I will be on the DL until I feel comfortable again.
I am in serious need of a carport but $$ doesn't permit at the moment. I will be sweating out the remainder of this grow and re-evaluating my situation.
Hello ABM-
Hoping I can ease some of your anxiety about the planes flying over you home....
Sept 09 I had 23 girls in the garden (prescription for 12) and another 4 in my seasonal creek, 27 total. I'm in the house watching T.V. when I hear a helicopter flying around outside. I go outside to check and I see a C.A.M.P. helicopter doing laps over my garden, just above the tree tops, with a guy in the sliding door pointing down to my garden....I shit my shorts then and their. Then I thought, well if they come they come, I'm protected by the law. Nothing ever happened. I had my prescription hung on the door of the weed cage, and everything fenced in. I think they saw that, and knew it was a prop 215 grow.
I'm a home/land owner, so I had a lot to lose if shit got stupid with the law, and still do! Nobody wants to fight the "man", that can get expensive.
That was 2 years ago and I've never been visited. Like someone else said, they don't have the money/resources to mess with small time grows that are covered by the Prop 215 laws, just a waste of time and money for them.
My suggestion is "cover your ass" Hang your prescription above the garden, stay within your plant limits, and if you could put a fence around the garden, that would be bonus! I'm sure they were checking on the "Megan's law dude" down the street from you because he didn't register with the police, or chasing someone on foot, and using a plane to do surveillance in the area.
Good luck...
TMB-