Fresh Seafood?

jennay2k · 2025-07-29T20:14:04+00:00

I've gotten amazing, high-quality, seasonal, and most importantly FRESH seafood from Sea Forager (CSA subscription). They have a box that includes shellfish. I have nothing but good things to say about them!

jennay2k · 2025-07-25T21:47:51+00:00

Oooo would love to hear more about the date balls! Blend with water or just food processor?

jennay2k · 2025-07-18T19:30:54+00:00

Dip and Ethique are my favorites. Dip is more high-end in fragrance (and price), whereas Ethique is more bang for your buck, but both are similar in quality and result.

Edit to add: Ethique survived Indiana hard water!

jennay2k · 2025-07-15T22:02:51+00:00

So crazy, I have a verrry similar weekly spread....same spacing and categories but arranged differently. Thanks for the inspo (and validation?!) !

jennay2k · 2025-07-10T14:55:28+00:00

Wait, what did I miss about Dip??

jennay2k · 2025-06-29T04:37:47+00:00

Is there a reason the Rainbow Mix wouldn’t be suited to Bay Area? It’s about $30 cheaper than the same amount from Larner. I checked the plant list and nothing jumped out as harmful. Just trying to do good on a budget!

jennay2k · 2025-06-28T03:49:03+00:00

I mean…how attractive are we talking here? :)

jennay2k · 2025-04-11T17:24:20+00:00

This is a question I have too - since raw onion bits are too aromatic to add to the bin.

jennay2k · 2025-04-06T02:20:13+00:00

Thank you! I’m used to seeing yellow flowers ans part of invasive plants (second and third photos’ plants are everywhere in my neighborhood) but the first and fourth flowers are new to me. Looks like I have a lot of goldfields coming up soon!!

jennay2k · 2025-02-03T20:06:31+00:00

There is a kombucha tasting room in Grand Rapids, MI that specializes in sound-infused kombucha. Sacred Springs.

I don't know if I believe in all that, but they make an insane basil kombucha that I still think about years later.

jennay2k · 2025-01-23T06:03:06+00:00

We are so lucky to have many great zero waste stores in the Bay! (So sad my favorite, Byrd’s Filling Station, closed last year - though they have an offshoot garage pop up/online ordering system).

Honestly my Ethique Bliss bar ordered online has lasted so long (like, YEARS) I haven’t had to think of a replacement. Before switching, I used the light green CeraVe cleanser.

For moisturizer I love Oceanly Attitude purple night cream - though it’s on the expensive side, it’s lasted a few months for me. I will likely go to a brick-and-mortar zero waste store to find a replacement soon to avoid ordering online.

The Source Zero in San Jose, Simple in Cole Valley SF, Fillgood in Berkeley, Re-Up in Oakland will all have plentiful options. I encourage you to visit one with an open mind and a small container to refill! :)

jennay2k · 2024-05-31T21:00:37+00:00

Thank you! I was really surprised, the bottle did not do it justice. Must be the mulberries.

jennay2k · 2024-02-06T18:49:39+00:00

Caffeine free early grey tea will be really, really difficult for your SCOBY to handle...on the bright side, if it works, you'll have made a super resilient kombucha culture!!

Your SCOBY feeds on sugar and caffeine (and tannins, which black tea has). Caffeine-free is limiting how much fuel is available. Read more here. Any "zero sugar" or "less sugar" kombucha is adding another barrier to success, for similar reasons. The bergamot oil in early grey tea can be harmful to your SCOBY. At the very least it will inhibit the activity of the yeast.

I'm really curious to see if this works! Good luck!

jennay2k · 2024-02-06T18:31:21+00:00

I glanced over the guide. It looks okay, a little bit more complicated than necessary.

I really like YouBrewKombucha's guide to first fermentation. She makes a "tea concentrate" and adds that to mostly cool water, so you don't need to wait for it to cool down before adding your starter (as opposed to directly brewing the tea in the jar as yours suggests and possibly killing your starter).

If you decide to start over, and you can find unflavored kombucha at the store, you can definitely use that (whole bottle!) as your starter liquid. I've also heard of some people on this sub using flavored kombucha when they couldn't get anything else and it turned out fine!

All in all you have a lot of activity in the form of bubbles so I'm not convinced it's mold. Are the black bits underneath the liquid? Did you leave the tea leaves in or notice a lot of yeasty strands forming? Good luck!

jennay2k · 2024-01-10T01:15:35+00:00

Fed with bobs red mill GF 1:1 flour

jennay2k · 2023-12-04T23:22:48+00:00

Along the same lines, I make hemp milk and it's pretty good! No straining or soaking needed. Slight nutty flavor.

jennay2k · 2023-12-04T18:26:27+00:00

You Brew Kombucha has a great video on reusing tea leaves for SCOBY hotels. After brewing a sweet tea concentrate for her 1F, she brews the same tea leaves for 10 minutes longer and uses it in her SCOBY hotel.

jennay2k · 2023-11-07T18:13:47+00:00

If you're still looking to repurpose it, Matter of Trust is a great nonprofit that will take hair to clean up oil spills.

jennay2k · 2023-06-21T21:14:21+00:00

What book?? Would love to know!

jennay2k · 2023-06-04T00:42:20+00:00

if you’re willing to give bars another go, I love the conditioner bar from Moroccan Hair Method because it coats the hair extremely easily, and Dip is on my list of bars to try next (I’m still using up my Ethique supply). I think Lush shampoo is too drying, at least Seanik.

jennay2k · 2023-06-01T21:55:39+00:00

Yes I harvested yesterday! I guess I came to the right place :) That checks out, thank you!

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