Welcome Jess. First thing I would do is to pick up a copy of Jorge Cervantes' book MARIJUANA HORTICULTURE - THE INDOOR/OUTDOOR MEDICAL GROWERS BIBLE. You can pick one up cheap via Amazon. Use the bookas a reference, eh? I know for a fact that NC produces some killer bud. Also, find someone online here who is willing to semi-adopt you. Someone you can go to to help you separate the BS from the real skinny. Good luck, BigSteve.