Yet another one....

[logan37]

Welcome from NY. Good luck with the crop.

[mrtr33]

welcome from central Oregon.

Keep us updated on your tobacco pursuits.

[CAJUNBLAZE]

Welcome from South Louisiana. If you start your crop, remember to post pictures!!

[Eville]

if i were to venture into growing and rolling my own tobacco, I think I would try to buy up some leaves first to practice rolling. I wouldn't want to put all that work into producing my own tobacco just to screw it up when i get to the final step.

[denver24]

Welcome from CO. I wish I had the drive to start such an endeavor as growing and producing my own cigars. Let us know how it goes!

[DeeDubya]

Welcome from San Marcos. I have a son down in Dickinson. I heard that Kemah got pretty torn up by Ike?

[Chunky]

Yeah everything down by the coast got ripped up. The eye went right over me as well. But I lucked out and had no damage. A lot of my neighbors were not as fortunate.

I'm planning on getting some leaves and working on rolling before my crop is ready. I figure it may take as long as three years from the first planting before I have leaves that are ready for rolling after all the fermenting, drying and aging. Then at least another 6 months to a year before I can even smoke the first cigar. So I have plenty of time to figure out what the heck I'm doing.

Martin.