Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 3 Entries. Saturday, January 3 View Page An icy morning scene to wake up to. Moisture must have come up from the creek over night and it formed as ice on the branches. It's been a cold winter so far. It's been several years since we have had a real winter Monday, January 12 View Page I have been using these Tetsukabuto interspecific squash hybrid seeds for the past 3 to 4 years. Initially, it was thought that these wouldn't work because they are too aggressive . I've had many failures with squash rootstock over the years.. Especially early on when we I was trying to figure them out. I don't knowwhat has changed, but they have been working for me with about the same rate of failure as the bushelgourds and Rampart gourds. Saturday, January 24 View Page It has been several years since I have participated in the giant and unusual veggie exchange here on bp. Well the last year I was involved in it pork chop (Steve Marley) had donated some of his shade leaf tobacco seeds. I kept those seeds in my collection for several years until last season. In 2025 I finally got around to planting them and I saved some seed. I now have enough shade tobacco seed "dust" to plant like 50 acres!! lol If anyone wants to try growing Some, you can just send me a self address stamped bubble, and I'll send you some seed. If this is the real CT Shade leaf strain, it may become extinct soon... as they are no longer growing this type. (There may be a couple CT MA growers who still grow a few dozen acres under the shade tents.) It just was too labor intensive. It is harvested one leaf at a time from the bottom of the plant up as each leaf matures and ripens. The only remaining shade leaf that is currently grown these days is produced in third world.