news Merlin farm will be growing almost five acres of cannabis in 2021 Tom Morrison Tom Morrison Jason Guttridge, one of the owners of 7 Farms Down, an outdoor cannabis operation in Merlin, is shown in this October 2019 file photo. (Tom Morrison/Chatham This Week) SHARE ADJUST COMMENT PRINT With government approvals now out of the way, owners of a Merlin-based outdoor cannabis operation plan to have their seeds in the ground in the spring with harvesting expected in late summer.