Got Pot?

The annual migration starts.

In spite of indoor marijuana coming in all year round, September and October—traditional harvest months for outdoor pot plants—bring a flood of people from all over hoping to cash in on manicuring work.  The jobs are rumored to pay $250 per pound of finished product with lots of free smoke and organic munchies. A good manicurist working with primo pot can sometimes do 2 pounds per day.

This man and his two female companions sat across from a local grocery store on the main road taking turns holding up the sign.  I can’t imagine who hires strangers to come into their home to deal with an illegal crop but I fiound the trio oddly endearing and incredibly optimistic—buoyant even.

For other photos of the seasonal workers of Humboldt, go here, here, and here