When you have fruit in the house be careful with fruit flies. I had tomatoes in overnight next to the continuous brewer. A week or so it started tasting funny. I took the cover off and a billion fruit flies came out. Larvae was in the mother and pupating on the side of the keg.
I lost interest after that.just plant them where your birds cant get to them theyre toxicI feel you with the flower placement. I have no idea where to put my canna lilies either.I want to see them, and not have them die back early due to poor watering habits outside of my food gardens.
Funny how much a mostly veggie stew is devoured with only compliments to the chef, though. Veggies & herbs are what give the best flavor! Shhhh, we won't talk about it, just serve it & smile. Lol
Yeah, I'm retired so I consider myself very lucky to have the time and health to do as much as I do. They were talking about maybe having breadmaking and cheese making classes this year but I guess they decided not too after all.
Okay, that's gross lol. We did have a war with fruit flies not long ago but I was super careful to keep the kombucha safe.When you have fruit in the house be careful with fruit flies. I had tomatoes in overnight next to the continuous brewer. A week or so it started tasting funny. I took the cover off and a billion fruit flies came out. Larvae was in the mother and pupating on the side of the keg.
I totally forgot our strawberries this entire winter and they did fine - even in the 20s. My pineappleI'm so mad at the weather people - they straight up LIED. It got so cold last night, low 20s (if not upper teens, I slept late). I would have covered my brand spankin new strawberries.I'm going to be so mad if they all die. They are frozen solid with no cover.
died though. Hope yours pulls through
Hope you feel better soon. It sucks when the mind has all these ideas of stuff you wanna do, but the body says nope, not right now.
If you rest & take care now, though, you'll feel better for doing that later on. 
I make batches, usually 3 gallons at a time, every two weeks. I bottle and do a secondary ferment, mixing in 1/4 cup sour cherry juice per bottle. Love that stuff. I can drink all of it by myself, too; hubby is not a fan.
It's very healthy, but definitely an acquired taste. I like sauerkraut. I haven't tried many kombuchas, but one I did try was in a bottle at the grocery store. It was not good. I imagine you can make your own with varied flavors. You use the cherry juice? Id like to try your recipe. Probably alot better than that grocery store stuff! I'm going to Google some info & flavors. I love all things pickled & love the sauerkraut so there has to be kombucha to appeal to my taste buds.
