me explaining another of my garden brew buckets:

"so this one is like a little ecosystem. there's water, & a bunch of kefir microbes & wild microbes from fruit peels & leaf mold. the microbes like to eat sugar & they also need air so you gotta stir 'em up real good every day or install a bubbler. if it smells like fricken horrible rot, then it's gone off & you just dump it in the yard. if it smells sour like kombucha, it's a living ecosystem!"

#JADAM #permaculture #gardening #homestead #diy

...well, it's been over a month and my brew is still alive! (i think!) it still smells sour like a kombucha, and not rotted. so i think that means it's still alive. i still vigorously stir it with a big stick every morning. every so often i add a little kefir, or sugar, or water.

i finally revealed it to my mom. she did *not* like the smell lol.

but she says her tomato plants this year are the biggest she's had in a while, so i credit myself & the application of the #JADAM brew. 😅

#gardening