Kombucha is expensive to buy in the store. A friend sent me a scoby and starter so I could make my own. Best thing that happened in 2020 so far! The bottles in the store run $3.99 and up in the store here. So I was spending a ridiculous amount of money every week. Now I haven't bought any from the store for a month. So far I've done second ferments with blueberries, rapberries, cinnamon, and ginger. The cinnamon was extra strong, but good. The others were awesome. I have the big tea jar surrounded by one of my heated plant mats for now. It's what I had so I used it and it's worked well. Maybe too well. I've read that it can take 2 weeks to get it how you want it to taste. Mine is about 10 days. Then just two days for the second ferment. I've gotten great bubbles and what seems like a really good scoby both times. Even started a tiny scoby hotel.
My girls like to buy cactus plants. They're pretty low maintenance. This one is growing little shoots already.
The pink celery from Baker Creek Seeds are growing good. Celery from the garden doesn't have that nasty chemical taste that the store bought celery does. I don't use chemicals on them so they taste like celery is supposed to taste. Celery is kind of a picky grower. It takes a good bit of care.
The cabbage is quickly out growing the flat. This is a longer growing cabbage. I really want cabbage so I started a few early. I wont start the short growing varieties until the end of the month.
The youngest likes to help water the flats. He gets a spray bottle so he doesn't drown them out.
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