I'm such a hippie

Well, I picked up my Kombucha mother yesterday, and my friends had me taste their sauerkraut and kimchi while I was there, inspiring me to make my own veggie kraut today. I now have a black and green tea mixed kombucha brewing on my refrigerator, and a mixed cabbage-carrot-onion-garlic kraut fermenting in my cupboard. I'm so excited to try all of these things. Hopefully I won't give myself food poisoning in the process- I boiled everything before I used it. I get to try the kombucha next week, and the sauerkraut a week or two after that!

Green and black tea kombucha. Yum!

Veggie kraut made with cabbage, carrots, onion, garlic, peppercorns, a hot chile, and mustard seeds. Oh, and salt, of course.

After I finished my kitchen endeavors I planted beets and carrots ( a little late, but what can you do?), and worked on transplanting my tomato starts. I now have 27 tomato transplants. It looks like I'll need to do the hot peppers in a week or so. I still have work to do on my deck garden, but it is starting to look nice. Now for the rest of the day I need to run out to the barn, do more research, and chat with a friend who lives in New Mexico on skype. I can't stress how much I love spring break. My first textbook came this week, reminding me that school starts again soon enough. But I still have three more days of break, and I plan on enjoying them to the fullest.

My numerous tomatoes, plus hot pepper starts in the seedling tray.

My deck garden so far!

First sprout in my multi-herb mix. I think it's basil. Any thoughts?