On APRIL 23, 2014 our vanillery was com­plet­ed. The 20′ x 50′ shade­house was con­struct­ed with the help of jonathan jay, Roland Barker, Lisa Parker and Dave Kasimoff. In the cool, moist mulch of the trel­lis rows, the vanil­la cut­tings are slow­ly sprout­ing root-like fil­a­ments that will anchor the vines and draw in mois­ture and nutri­ents. For now, they are pro­tect­ed from the sun and kept moist while they grow in to their new home, the vanillery.

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