Post Ac7FfjFiZudWw8DRHU by TraRay@regenerate.social
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 (DIR) Post #Abwm0aa54do3uyAiPI by TraRay@regenerate.social
       2023-11-19T00:01:39Z
       
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       Remember when I posted months ago about putting together a #cacao nursery? The plants have grown like mad & are slowly finding their way to permanent homes. And they are thriving. It's exciting to see the new growth they put on as soon as they're out of their nursery bags. Some of them are already over a meter tall! #FoodForest #Agroecology #Permaculture #Chocolate #Regenerative #Organic #FoodForestFarming
       
 (DIR) Post #AbwmSB1rfW5CmKK37Y by TraRay@regenerate.social
       2023-11-19T00:06:38Z
       
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       @j12i We are hoping to process some damn, fine single-source, organic, shade grown, sustainably roasted cacao liquor. 😁
       
 (DIR) Post #Abx7XBqOAFTxn7BcDA by bike@regenerate.social
       2023-11-19T04:02:52Z
       
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       @TraRay are you going to have vanilla vines climb them?
       
 (DIR) Post #AbxW1hRrccxVOjnQ0G by levampyre@chaos.social
       2023-11-19T08:37:16Z
       
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       @TraRay In which hardiness zone do you grow them?
       
 (DIR) Post #AbxmTxzLJpLa4RxLJw by TraRay@regenerate.social
       2023-11-19T11:41:40Z
       
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       @aeki the pulp is SO tasty! There's a variety called copoazu that is specifically grown for the pulp. We have a few of those trees on order from a nursery on the other side of the country. We are really excited to have them and hopeful they will thrive and produce abundantly because, yes - the pulp is phenomenal.
       
 (DIR) Post #Abxn6OkWGqQW4YLeYi by TraRay@regenerate.social
       2023-11-19T11:48:39Z
       
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       @levampyre honestly, I don't know! We are considered "oceanic, warm, humid subtropical" on a couple of maps. We live at apx 1300m in the Venezuelan Andes. I've always considered it to be a mountainous cloud forest.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbxnMgAzFI80kpUXOi by TraRay@regenerate.social
       2023-11-19T11:51:35Z
       
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       @bike we are hopeful for that, yes! Vanilla is incredibly rare where we are, however.We do have one plant, but its barely grown in the year we've had it. 😔 I suspect it might be an altitude issue but Michael thinks we just need to rehome it to another part of the property with a more appropriate microclimate.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aby5fJKCEHS2Yhphrc by levampyre@chaos.social
       2023-11-19T15:16:37Z
       
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       @TraRay Well, then definitely no cocoa for my forest garden. We are 7b in northern Germany. 😆
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac7FfjFiZudWw8DRHU by TraRay@regenerate.social
       2023-11-24T01:21:08Z
       
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       @dasgrueneblatt it is! If all goes according to plan we'll have a real life garden of eden complete with chocolate and coffee!