The Man had a busy weekend. He planted my mother's three trees from the Permaculture Guild sale AND the two cherry trees we got from the same sale this weekend. And then, he potted up a peach tree we got from Costco just because he was tired of digging all those holes (he didn't say that but I think that's the reason!)

My water kefir hasn't grown in the past couple days. I tried maple syrup with today's water change, as I watched a Youtube video where the guy used syrup instead of sugar, saying that the kefir grains really grow well with maple syrup. I'm just too impatient I guess! Still, I DID taste the sugar water today after draining the grains, and it definitely did not taste like plain sugar water. It tastes kinda/sorta musty-ish but not nasty or anything.

We'll see what happens. I put the jar in the oven with the light on (gas off though, I don't want to bake the little things!) to see if a slightly warmer environment might be better. I checked the temps in the oven a few days ago, it hovers right around 80 degrees.