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HOME & GARDEN
The 12 Best Vegetables for Your Zone 9 Fall Garden
Don't pack up your gardening gloves yet! USDA zone 9 is perfect for an autumn season of delicious, bountiful vegetables. Here are 12 varieties to plant now
The 5 Best Sweet Peppers to Grow for High Yield and Great Flavor
Looking for a sweet pepper that's easy to grow, has high productivity and tastes delicious? Here are 5 varieties that you should put at the top of your list
Garden Notes: Growing Kandy Korn Sweet Corn
Here's an easy-to-grow, no fuss sweet corn that is not only tasty, but has attractive purple-hued leaves and husks that make it a standout in the garden.
How to Collect and Save Lettuce Seed
Don’t toss that lettuce that bolted! Collect the seed and give yourself and endless supply of fresh lettuce! It's easy. All you need is scissors & a paper bag.
Chickens and Corn on a Stick
When corn earworm makes a mess of an ear of sweet corn, it’s not a loss, it’s an opportunity to let the chickens have a snack and some entertainment.
Vegetable Garden Peaking at the End of Spring
Summer is just a week away and the vegetable garden is in high gear. Here's a quick video with a 180° view. A description of what you're seeing is below
HOME & GARDEN
PHOTO GALLERY
There’s always some strange, interesting, beautiful or fun going on here at the Acre, so I carry a camera. Just in case.
Baby Praying Mantis
This morning I was taking out the recycling and spotted this bright green, red accented little mantis resting on a plastic trash can liner. #beneficialinstect
PLANTS
I grow sub-tropicals, California natives, and lots of vegetables then share my experience and thoughts
FOOD & RECIPES
Autumn Pumpkin Banana Bread Recipe
Here's an easy recipe that combines the sweet creaminess of banana bread with the spicy, warm flavor of pumpkin bread. Perfect for deserts and snacks in fall!
How To Make Homemade Fermented Hot Sauce (Frank’s & Tabasco-Style)
Want to make your own Tabasco or Frank's-style hot sauce? This simple step-by-step recipe shows you how to ferment peppers for a tangy and flavorful hot sauce.
Easy Bread and Butter Sweet Pickles Recipe
Old fashioned Bread and Butter sweet pickles are a breeze to make, All you need is cucumbers, onion, sugar, vinegar and a couple of spices. Here is the recipe:
FOOD & RECIPES
Autumn Pumpkin Banana Bread Recipe
Here's an easy recipe that combines the sweet creaminess of banana bread with the spicy, warm flavor of pumpkin bread. Perfect for deserts and snacks in fall!
How To Make Homemade Fermented Hot Sauce (Frank’s & Tabasco-Style)
Want to make your own Tabasco or Frank's-style hot sauce? This simple step-by-step recipe shows you how to ferment peppers for a tangy and flavorful hot sauce.
Easy Bread and Butter Sweet Pickles Recipe
Old fashioned Bread and Butter sweet pickles are a breeze to make, All you need is cucumbers, onion, sugar, vinegar and a couple of spices. Here is the recipe:
14 Great Summer Squash & Zucchini Recipes
Have a summer squash overload? Here are more than a dozen tasty squash recipes from dips to desserts (and everywhere in between) that aren’t the usual.
AROUND THE ACRE
Live Video Stream
What do chickens and ducks do when no one is watching? Find out with ChickenCam! Camera feed is live on weekends from 9AM to 4PM Pacific.
Visit the ChickenCam »
Weathercam
Live camera shot facing west toward the Pacific Ocean, about 7 miles away.
FRESH AT SAGE’S ACRE
HOME & GARDEN
The 12 Best Vegetables for Your Zone 9 Fall Garden
Don't pack up your gardening gloves yet! USDA zone 9 is perfect for an autumn season of delicious, bountiful vegetables. Here are 12 varieties to plant now
The 5 Best Sweet Peppers to Grow for High Yield and Great Flavor
Looking for a sweet pepper that's easy to grow, has high productivity and tastes delicious? Here are 5 varieties that you should put at the top of your list
Garden Notes: Growing Kandy Korn Sweet Corn
Here's an easy-to-grow, no fuss sweet corn that is not only tasty, but has attractive purple-hued leaves and husks that make it a standout in the garden.
How to Collect and Save Lettuce Seed
Don’t toss that lettuce that bolted! Collect the seed and give yourself and endless supply of fresh lettuce! It's easy. All you need is scissors & a paper bag.
Chickens and Corn on a Stick
When corn earworm makes a mess of an ear of sweet corn, it’s not a loss, it’s an opportunity to let the chickens have a snack and some entertainment.
Vegetable Garden Peaking at the End of Spring
Summer is just a week away and the vegetable garden is in high gear. Here's a quick video with a 180° view. A description of what you're seeing is below
HOME & GARDEN
PHOTO GALLERY
There’s always some strange, interesting, beautiful or fun going on here at the Acre, so I carry a camera. Just in case.
Baby Praying Mantis
This morning I was taking out the recycling and spotted this bright green, red accented little mantis resting on a plastic trash can liner. #beneficialinstect
PLANTS
I grow sub-tropicals, California natives, and lots of vegetables then share my experience and thoughts
FOOD & RECIPES
Autumn Pumpkin Banana Bread Recipe
Here's an easy recipe that combines the sweet creaminess of banana bread with the spicy, warm flavor of pumpkin bread. Perfect for deserts and snacks in fall!
How To Make Homemade Fermented Hot Sauce (Frank’s & Tabasco-Style)
Want to make your own Tabasco or Frank's-style hot sauce? This simple step-by-step recipe shows you how to ferment peppers for a tangy and flavorful hot sauce.
Easy Bread and Butter Sweet Pickles Recipe
Old fashioned Bread and Butter sweet pickles are a breeze to make, All you need is cucumbers, onion, sugar, vinegar and a couple of spices. Here is the recipe:
FOOD & RECIPES
Autumn Pumpkin Banana Bread Recipe
Here's an easy recipe that combines the sweet creaminess of banana bread with the spicy, warm flavor of pumpkin bread. Perfect for deserts and snacks in fall!
How To Make Homemade Fermented Hot Sauce (Frank’s & Tabasco-Style)
Want to make your own Tabasco or Frank's-style hot sauce? This simple step-by-step recipe shows you how to ferment peppers for a tangy and flavorful hot sauce.
Easy Bread and Butter Sweet Pickles Recipe
Old fashioned Bread and Butter sweet pickles are a breeze to make, All you need is cucumbers, onion, sugar, vinegar and a couple of spices. Here is the recipe:
14 Great Summer Squash & Zucchini Recipes
Have a summer squash overload? Here are more than a dozen tasty squash recipes from dips to desserts (and everywhere in between) that aren’t the usual.
AROUND THE ACRE
Live Video Stream
What do chickens and ducks do when no one is watching? Find out with ChickenCam! Camera feed is live on weekends from 9AM to 4PM Pacific.
Visit the ChickenCam »
Weathercam
Live camera shot facing west toward the Pacific Ocean, about 7 miles away.