Vanilla updates: I have now used up or given away all the vanilla pods from last year. Hooray!
The ones I didn't give away are now turning into vanilla extract. In the first photo below, the jar on the right is vodka and the jar on the left is rum.
The second photo shows what it looked like inside a vanilla bean when I put a long slice in it before putting it in the alcohol. Neat!
Sadly, I haven't seen any signs of blooms on the vanilla plants this year yet because it's been suuuuuper wet this spring, and it seems that they need a fair amount of dry weather to start blooming.











