It would be easy to mistake the Vashon Velvet pot farm for just another attractive Vashon Island estate: a picturesque farmhouse and a two-story horse barn sit in a grassy field surrounded by woods. A single deer lazily prances across the property. A long gravel driveway wraps far enough away from the road to give the home’s occupants plenty of privacy.

The twist comes when you open the barn doors and see what’s inside: pot plants lined up in rooms, buds tipped in frosty white hairs shooting toward LED lights hanging from the ceiling.

Small Pot Farms Are Getting Screwed