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Ongoing maintenance and pretty flowers

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Along with my seeds from Liz at Eight Acres  I received a tiny packet of kefir grains, and a wonderful sheet of instructions to answer my many questions.  It didn't seem as though that would be enough and since I had never even tried kefir I was not sure how long to leave it fermenting.  At first I took it out too early, but now am leaving it for two days and it is getting thick and effervescent.  I use it with a frozen berry smoothie cube and some other fruit -  some of my frozen lychees still left over from last year are at last being used up!   Thank you Liz for introducing me to the world of kefiring! ! I got stuck into the veggie garden over the weekend and removed some dying tomato plants, then rigged up some trellis for the vines to climb on.  Along this fence I have choko and luffa, with some bok choy and ginger in front.  It all looks rather untidy at the moment, but once the vines grow yo...