In October 2024, I travelled across Sri Lanka on a short exploratory trip, hoping to get a sense of the island’s cannabis heritage....

Cannabis cultivation likely has a long history in Lapas Village, given Cannabis' natural range. However, with the rise of tourism in the...

Black foxtails in the Tosh Kutla 'Goi' fields high above the village at 3500m altitude. The terpene profile expressed itself with dank...

Interview with a Kullui Charas artisan

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Near the top of a promontory at roughly 2450m. Beautiful exposure to the sun on this field and consequently I found some fully ripened...

Some pictures of the best looking plants in the upper terraces above the village.

As we move upwards through the upper terraces above the village, winding our way through mixed plantations of corn, gourds and beans - we...

Separated from the lower most fields by a stretch of beans and gourds are the second set of fields within the upper terraces.

Grahan Domesticate Landrace - Upper Terrace #1, 'Hillside' plot. Sitting behind and above Grahan village are the upper terraces...

Fifty meters above the #1 field lies the #2 - slightly higher, slightly sunnier and slightly better exposed.

Top of the promontory at roughly 2450m. Beautiful exposure to the sun on this field and consequently I found some fully ripened seeds...

A few pictures showing this beautiful village set deep in the Parvati valley system.

Half a kilometre up the valley and snaking up to below the village proper are the second set of terraces. These are much easier to access...

About 45 minutes walking below the village, near the river there is a nice opening of the valley which allows for some terraces. The...

Some pictures from the 9km trek up to Grahan from Kasol.

Just a few pics of the car ride from Naggar to Parvati Valley.

Upper Field #2 is situated about 50m up the hill on the northern facing slope cresting the ridge up towards Chanderkhani. Plants in this...

Trekking a couple of hours from the village of Rumsu along the path to Chanderkhani brought me to two (of many) off the so called "upper...