Hello everyone, I've been gleaning information from you all for awhile now, and I figured it was high time for me to make it official.
I was left with a dilemma though—I couldn't come up with a clever username. Fortunately my trusty Teck1 shredder was on the floor next to me. Teck1 + Michigan....ehh sure.
Anyhow, 2025 was my first year growing tobacco, and my interest in it was both economical and historical.
1. Tobacco isn't getting any cheaper, and commercial tobacco has a bunch of really nasty shit in it.
2. US history and tobacco are intertwined. I felt growing my own tobacco was connecting with our country's past in the most tangible way.
3. I just wanted to do it. I've lived my whole life in the rural midwest, and I've yet to meet someone who grows their own tobacco. I might as well be the guy that grows his own tobacco.
I grew something like 15 Delgold plants last year, and I'm now starting to make plugs and twist from last year's crop, and what a bumper crop it was. I owe most of this madness to you folks, and for making me realize it isn't madness at all. It's just what folks used to do.
Thanks for having me.
I was left with a dilemma though—I couldn't come up with a clever username. Fortunately my trusty Teck1 shredder was on the floor next to me. Teck1 + Michigan....ehh sure.
Anyhow, 2025 was my first year growing tobacco, and my interest in it was both economical and historical.
1. Tobacco isn't getting any cheaper, and commercial tobacco has a bunch of really nasty shit in it.
2. US history and tobacco are intertwined. I felt growing my own tobacco was connecting with our country's past in the most tangible way.
3. I just wanted to do it. I've lived my whole life in the rural midwest, and I've yet to meet someone who grows their own tobacco. I might as well be the guy that grows his own tobacco.
I grew something like 15 Delgold plants last year, and I'm now starting to make plugs and twist from last year's crop, and what a bumper crop it was. I owe most of this madness to you folks, and for making me realize it isn't madness at all. It's just what folks used to do.
Thanks for having me.
