Hello From Central Alberta

[eekay]

I didn't actually get around to an intro post, I just jumped the gun and dove in. So here we are.

Name is Chris. Alberta, Canada. First time grower. Tobacco user for the last 10 years. No longer smoke cigs (unless I'm drinking).

Culinary background. Enjoy the topics of terroir in foods, as well as tobacco. Enjoy learning about the history of foods and agriculture.

Smoked cigs for 10 years then quit. Dabbled in pipes, it's been 6 years and I'm still trying to get the hang of packing a pipe. No experience with cigars but I'll be dabbling in that soon.

I was inspired to grow my own not out of need but from a dumb idea. I wanted to see how hard it would be to grow, process, and make available a quality smokable and/or chewable product as a form of barter in our "new times". I'm taking the same approach to alcohol, grains, and textiles. Granted, if this goes well I'll probably make it a regular thing. I have family members that would probabaly appreciate free tobacco.

Ive loved the community aspect on this forum so far. The wealth of knowledge and supportive regular interaction from members is something you don't see a lot of online anymore.

Look forward to sharing more with you soon.

 

[Knucklehead]

Welcome. Thank you for joining us.

 

[GreenDragon]

Welcome to the forum! I've found that while commercial pipe tobaccos are very temperamental in how they are packed, if you make your own out of whole leaf, the lack of all the additives results in tobacco blends that burn well without any fancy packing techniques. Have fun and welcome to the rabbit hole

 

[plantdude]

Culinary background. Enjoy the topics of terroir in foods, as well as tobacco.

I spent a few years growing up in Hawaii, I think I had a little terrier in my food a time or two Joking aside, I don't think the idea of wanting to become semi self sufficient and learn new skills is a dumb idea at all, especially during these times where shortages of particular items are becoming common place.

I could be totally wrong but my take on home grown tobacco is that cigar and to some degree pipe quality tobacco may be the hardest to produce - in part due to the longer aging process. I would think a good cigarette blend, chew, or less complex pipe mix are realistic short term goals
for those of us just starting out - just my opinion though.

 

[Oldfella]

I didn't actually get around to an intro post, I just jumped the gun and dove in. So here we are.

Name is Chris. Alberta, Canada. First time grower. Tobacco user for the last 10 years. No longer smoke cigs (unless I'm drinking).

Culinary background. Enjoy the topics of terroir in foods, as well as tobacco. Enjoy learning about the history of foods and agriculture.

Smoked cigs for 10 years then quit. Dabbled in pipes, it's been 6 years and I'm still trying to get the hang of packing a pipe. No experience with cigars but I'll be dabbling in that soon.

I was inspired to grow my own not out of need but from a dumb idea. I wanted to see how hard it would be to grow, process, and make available a quality smokable and/or chewable product as a form of barter in our "new times". I'm taking the same approach to alcohol, grains, and textiles. Granted, if this goes well I'll probably make it a regular thing. I have family members that would probabaly appreciate free tobacco.

Ive loved the community aspect on this forum so far. The wealth of knowledge and supportive regular interaction from members is something you don't see a lot of online anymore.

Look forward to sharing more with you soon.

Welcome from me in NZ as well, know you're going to enjoy your time here. There's always something going on. I smoke cigs, got no teeth so thought I'd give a pipe a go, got a corncob, dropped the dam thing, stood on it and broke the stem, so I smoothed it off and use it as ciggy holder, works great, LOL.
Cheers
Oldfella

 

[Mathaious12]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[stdly]

Welcome to the forum eh!

 

[Alpine]

Welcome to FTT

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