Farmers took refuge on Vancouver island .One in particular had a education in botany and the money to travel and brought back from Africa, Europe and far reaches of the globe such strains as are now known as BC strains Burmese ,Swazi . These guerilla farmers formed a family farm community shared information and experience and raised their children in the art of growing . Where as before Mexican type weed would come packed in blocks most of the THC and healing cannabinoids destroyed in how it was handled and “cured “,herb that was grown inexpertly .These farmers and scientists and experience experts who couldn’t support their families by legally working in Canada became so talented at the craft that they attracted the attention of hightimes and in 1997 published a story on BC ‘s Sea of Green. It was truly a family run cottage industry paying taxes into the economy of the island with everyone from the donut shop owner to the hamburger vendor and gas station attendant and neighbourhood hockey team benefiting .Amazingly or not landlords who are tired of sneaky tenants filling their basements with dirt have even asked Mr. D if he would install his clean system in their houses pay the rent and maintain the property as opposed to having to evict and renovate after a bunch of yahoos. Flash knew next nothing about how to grow cannabis himself not even enough to ask intelligent questions but he knew his medicine and when toured the likes of KD rhino Burmese sunshine he knew this was the best he’d ever seen better than the quality of what’s available at the BC compassion club ( www.thecompassionclub.org ) . them up .Yield wasn’t everything to him ,smaller buds were sometimes better depending on the strains. More than anything else it had to be good medicine it had to work for his wife and all the other patients he helped who had access to it . Enjoys the Healing Herb