Sage\'s Acre Organic Home & Gardens

Oh How the Garden Grows (Time Lapse Edition)

By Sage Osterfeld|2019-11-06T14:12:24-08:00June 26th, 2017|Garden|

Let's back up to March Back in mid-March I set up a camera to record our cleaning out of the winter garden in preparation of spring planting. What I ended up with was about 9 hours of super boring video of my daughter and I (along with an occasional visit from a dog and my wife) wandering around pulling, weeding and cleaning. So I dumped the video into a folder on my computer and pretty much forgot about it. Fast [keep reading...]

Build a Simple Garden Bench With 2×4 Lumber

By Sage Osterfeld|2019-09-18T07:35:38-07:00June 3rd, 2017|Garden|

It's easy to make an sturdy and attractive garden bench in a weekend for around $30 Out front we have a patio area where a wood bench about decade past its prime sat rotting away. I knew I had to replace it, but I'm cheap, so rather than spending $100 or more to buy a new one, I'd just make my own. Aside from being cheap, I'm also image-conscious and lazy, so I wanted something that would look nice [keep reading...]