T Walker

Does anyone know how likely natural cross pollination of tobacco is? This year was my first year growing tobacco and I want to try a couple different varieties next year.

Decided to experiment with growing some tobacco this year. Anybody have experience, lessons learned, favorite varieties? I’m growing burley21:

Nicole Alderman wrote:

T Walker wrote:

Mike Haasl wrote:There is a list of land owners.  No you can't look at it.  Usually when an land owner says they have land, they are inundated by people saying "Oh Oh, give it to me!" and then they wish they hadn't said anything.

This program never said it would match you with a land owner.  It just gives you the means to prove you have the skills that they might respect and appreciate.  College also doesn't match you with a job, it just gives you the means to prove that you might be worth employing.

To be clear I would not ask for personal information over the internet. I just wanted to confirm there is an actual networking aspect to the program because you do claim “This program will connect qualified candidates with those landowners so you can skip the rat race and skip the debt.”
Now that we have established there is a networking aspect; is there a forum to post a cv, detailed project reports, videos to accomplished projects that these land owners can view or is the only way to network through the class?
I appreciate you taking the time to respond, I feel like this is coming across roughly but I’m trying to speak clearly and plainly to limit confusion.

There's a whole section here on permies devoted to SKIP. You can see all the SKIP threads here: https://permies.com/c/skip

Every person who's completed SKIP badges or badge bits, has their own badge log that can be located in their profile. For example, here is mine: https://permies.com/forums/meritBB/profile/167341

So, if a landowner is wanting to inspect the work of a SKIP candidate, they can go to their profile and find links to ALL of the badge bit activities they've done. Maybe the landowner will be impressed and contact that person. Maybe the landowner will look at their Badge Bits s and think, "Wow, this person just barely met the qualifications on these activities, I think I'll pass them by."

If all these Badge, "Badge Bit" (BB), SKIP, PEP, etc terms are a bit confusing (and we understand that it can be!), there's a thread I made that hopefully explains all of them:All about SKIP, PEP, Badges, BBs and More!

Now that we have established there is a networking aspect; is there a forum to post a cv, detailed project reports, videos to accomplished projects that these land owners can view or is the only way to network through the class?

If someone takes a class, like the Wheaton Labs SKIP event this summer, they still need to come and post their pictures and get certified here on permies. I've completed over 80 badge bits, but never took a class. So, someone could definitely get certified without ever attending a class. But, some skills (like cooking on rocket stoves or building a 7 foot tall hugelkulture garden bed, or driving an excavator) might be hard to do if they do not have access to those things. For those, people, coming to an event or class might be a really good way to round out the rest of the skills that they couldn't easily get on their own property/apartment/etc.

I hope that helps!

Thanks Nicole this was exactly what I was looking for and should be in the skip faq page for the skip kickstarter. Thank you Mike and Nicole for taking the time to clear things up.

Mike Haasl wrote:There is a list of land owners.  No you can't look at it.  Usually when an land owner says they have land, they are inundated by people saying "Oh Oh, give it to me!" and then they wish they hadn't said anything.

This program never said it would match you with a land owner.  It just gives you the means to prove you have the skills that they might respect and appreciate.  College also doesn't match you with a job, it just gives you the means to prove that you might be worth employing.

To be clear I would not ask for personal information over the internet. I just wanted to confirm there is an actual networking aspect to the program because you do claim “This program will connect qualified candidates with those landowners so you can skip the rat race and skip the debt.”
Now that we have established there is a networking aspect; is there a forum to post a cv, detailed project reports, videos to accomplished projects that these land owners can view or is the only way to network through the class?
I appreciate you taking the time to respond, I feel like this is coming across roughly but I’m trying to speak clearly and plainly to limit confusion.

Mike Haasl wrote:The SKIP program in general is a pathway for people to build skills in homesteading and permaculture with the hopes of finding connections with people who have land and need a steward for that land.  

You can build these skills at home, on your own.  You can pay someone to come to your house and teach you skills.  You can go to a place that is having a workshop to teach the skills.  Or in this case you can pay to go to an event where they have the tools and equipment for you to demonstrate a lot of skills with a bit of guidance.  

But there is no way to directly communicate with land owners? Is there an actual pool of land owners seeking stewards or are you just hoping to stimulate this relationship through classes? I understand the need for classes but if there isn’t an actual list of land owners you can connect the students with then it’s pretty misleading, at a minimum.

I’m a little confused, is this a program to link like minded individuals or a program that I pay to improve your ranch? Your kick starter campaign made it seem like you wanted to link qualified individuals to land owners but so far I all I see is paying to work for you? Not trying to sound like a jerk but something seems off.