just to settle a few things:
i am not interested in setting up shop forever, so a full on operation is out of the question. i don't think my folks know what the capital would be like and i know they don't realize how bad it would be to invest any money in that kind of thing while it's still federally illegal. they both just seem to think that since CO gave it the go ahead, now it's all good. i want to see how this shakes out, especially when there is an administration change in 2016.
i plan on building 2-4 greenhouses and since the weather there is inevitably gonna bring hail, high winds, and the like, i have to build them well just to last through one season. they will be in a rural, private setting and not out of place in any way with a mammoth (acres large) hobby farm growing around it. there will also be chickens, turkeys, ducks, goats, and more kept on the property. i'm actually considering an emu to guard things, they are goddamn terrifying.
there is still a very thriving gray market in colorado if i am not allowed to vend to legal dispensaries due to lack of permits and the like. but i am interested in finding out what it would take financially speaking to have it happen the 100% state legal way. if anyone can give me an approximate estimation, i am all ears. like obama.
the other thing i am wondering about is if it will be necessary to heat the greenhouses just to get to october on the valley floor. i know the season is super short up in evergreen at 8000 feet, but on the plains below i have no idea what the season is like. all info welcomed.
and yes, cats will likely poop on the property.