...for an excellent and funny movie about the subject, watch Saving Grace, with Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson (circa 2000ish).

Are you medi-legal to grow? If not, you really must think about concealment, or doing a 'small enough' grow that if they kick yer door in, you're not in too bad shape. I would recommend keeping it to four plants or less in this case, but you could make 'em monster-big, and still get away with 'only four plants'...

Which state/province/country/city are ye in? (if ye decline to answer, for security reasons, I'll understand )