It was a lovely, bright and sunny morning today so I took the opportunity to harvest tobacco on the farm.

This is a picture of a young tobacco plant; when they are ready for harvest, they get to about 180cm (6ft) tall.  They have lovely smelling pink flowers which are used in the perfume industry.

The tobacco leaves are stored in a cardboard box and everyday, the leaves have to be aired and moved around to prevent mould.  This will have to be done for a few weeks until the leaves become brown, soft and velvety.

Gnome likes to make cigars flavoured with chocolate essential oil.

I will post more on the curing process of tobacco as we get to it.  Do you want to know more about tobacco?  Read my Tobacco Article.

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