Re: taxes and the best place to vegetable garden?

In article <ompomelet-CDEABC.09314320052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article 
> <wildbilly-289880.06582720052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > > The "critter" as I understand it is a 
> > > > vinegar "mother". Thanks for the reference.
> > > 
> > > Pretty much. :-)
> > > It makes a very fine red wine vinegar! It has uses other than
brewing 
> > > green tea Kombucha.
> > 
> > Seems like Kombucha is going main stream (or is that Main Street?)
> > with different flavorings. Wish I had time to fiddle with it, maybe
> > this winter. What do you find to be the benefits of it? Is it a broad 
> > spectrum kind of thing or do you have particular applications for
> > it? For example, Noilly Pratt sweet (red) vermouth has many 
> > different herbs in it (usually used as an aperitif) but I find a
> > small glass of it is very effective for cooling hot stomachs (as
> > happens when you've had one too many cups of coffee in the 
> > afternoon, and friends who have hot stomach reactions to tomato
> > paste tell me that it takes the burn away as well). The herbs
> > I would describe as wide spectrum, fudge factors (who knows what 
> > they do), whereas the hot stomach is a specific application. Is
> > Kombucha more like the former or the later?
> > -- 
> > 
> > Billy
> 
> It's.... mixed.
> Dad has shown some interesting results using beneficial herbs in the 
> teas, not just straight green tea. Things like dandilion and Matte'. The

> brewing process with the kombucha critter seems to enhance the effects.
> 
> You can tailor your tea mix to what you are trying to treat.

Dandelion is OK but yerba mate is nasty tasting stuff. Hmmm. I
wonder if you could make a "single malt" flavored kombucha?
Maybe that's what Charlie is up to out in the "skunk works". He
say he be brewing compost tea but he may be funnin' us;o)
-- 

Billy
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