Sage\'s Acre Organic Home & Gardens

Perlette Table Grape

By Sage Osterfeld|2015-07-05T09:41:02-07:00June 21st, 2015|Garden|

I bought a dozen 1 year old table grape vines from Peaceful Valley Farms last year (a real deal at just $5 a vine). Last year they didn't do much. I let them run wild and get established. This past winter I pruned and trellised them and have tried to keep them trained on the trellis. Looks like the work is paying off. This is a bunch of Perlette table grapes. I've also got Concord and Black Monukka clusters ripening [keep reading...]

Alstroemeria gone wild

By Sage Osterfeld|2015-07-05T09:27:35-07:00June 14th, 2015|Garden|

Several years ago my wife was given this Peruvian Lily as a houseplant. It didn't do particularly well in the house (in fact, I thought it was dead), so I dumped it into the garden near the strawberry planter. Not only was the plant not dead, but it thrives in the dry soil and treats us to this show every spring through autumn.