@TxGrowman I did look at it at the start when I first planted my first plant. I didn’t realize the process was so involved and began to read it only as I got to each step because otherwise I found it too daunting and so much to take in…who would’ve thought growing a weed was so hard! Well I sure didn’t!! 
I still get regular emails from ilgm Robert Bergman with info, tips and suggestions which I read too.
I planted my first plant at the end of September last year and stupidly thought I would be done by christmas/new year…well how wrong I was and I’m still going. (My fault though because I vegged the first plant for 3 months, then I planted the second one and vegged for 28 days and have been flowering both now for 5 weeks on Friday)
I needed lots of help throughout the grow but was too scared to sign up to the forum (because of cookies & tracking etc) so googled lots of stuff. Then when I thought I might lose the lot and I was unable to find the exact info & help specific to my question I came to the forum, read lots of other posts and thought I’d just ask.
Anyway, there you have it, that’s my story, and am very grateful for the info and help you’ve all given me.
Can’t believe I might almost be done, this has seemed to take forever …and I am definitely NOT a patient person, no matter how hard I try. 
Now I’m stressing about the harvest, the drying and curing/jarring it…how do I harvest, how do I dry it, mould, burping etc, the list seems endless…so it’s one step at a time for me.
If I’d known the process was so involved I never would have done it, but now I’ve invested so much time, money and effort I’m not willing to chuck it all in now.
Thanks again - Suse 
Ps: my reasons aren’t medicinal, (however I do get a lot of pain in my hip which I’m intrigued to see if it will help) it is recreational. I used to use other stuff but now I feel like it’s too dangerous, you just don’t know what you’re getting and who you can trust…must Be getting old and have too much to lose. This way I know what I’ve got, where it came from and exactly what I used and what I did to it.