Sage\'s Acre Organic Home & Gardens

About Sage Osterfeld

I’m just a guy with nearly an acre of dirt, a nice little mid-century ranch house and a near-perfect climate. But in my mind I’m a landscaper survivalist craftsman chef naturalist with a barbeque the size of a VW and my own cable TV show. I like to write about the stuff I build, grow and see here at Sage's Acre.

23 03, 2023

Salvia Spathacea (Hummingbird Sage)

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Salvia Spathacea (Hummingbird Sage)

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-03-23T12:18:18-07:00March 23rd, 2023|Photos|

Hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea) is a low-growing California native in coastal oak valleys. In the rainy season it grows spiky pink blooms hummingbirds love.

21 03, 2023

Vegetable Garden Kickoff – 2023

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Vegetable Garden Kickoff – 2023

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-03-21T15:11:54-07:00March 21st, 2023|Garden|

Here's how this committed procrastinator and all around lazy man got his vegetable garden cleaned, refreshed and ready just in time for the first day of spring

15 03, 2023

An Atmospheric River Makes a Real One

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An Atmospheric River Makes a Real One

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-03-15T15:58:08-07:00March 15th, 2023|Garden|

All the rain not only created a ground squirrel clearing spring creek, but it also unearthed a strange, blue-eyed relic from a long time ago.

25 02, 2023

Echeveria agavoides in Bloom

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Echeveria agavoides in Bloom

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-02-25T13:59:11-08:00February 25th, 2023|Garden|

Echeveria agavoides looks like an agave, but it's a succulent from Mexico. The leaves are lime green in winter but turn lemon yellow tipped with red in summer.

18 02, 2023

Kalanchoe Daigremontiana

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Kalanchoe Daigremontiana

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-02-18T09:05:51-08:00February 18th, 2023|Photos|

Here's a closeup of the Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana) in our sunroom getting ready to drop some new babies. They look like little green oysters

14 02, 2023

Batch 22 Hot Sauce – Entry 7 – Bottling Part 1

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Batch 22 Hot Sauce – Entry 7 – Bottling Part 1

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-02-14T16:03:42-08:00February 14th, 2023|Projects|

After 191 days of fermentation, I'm pulling Batch 22 hot sauce out of the fermenter and bottling it. Cayenne-Thai peppers with fresh garlic aged on toasted oak.

9 02, 2023

Aeonium Haworthii ‘Kiwi’ in Winter Colors

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Aeonium Haworthii ‘Kiwi’ in Winter Colors

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-02-09T11:08:03-08:00February 9th, 2023|Garden, Photos|

Aeonium Haworthii "Kiwi" is hypnotic in its colors both in winter when it's various shades of green, and summer when it's trimmed in reddish-pink.

3 02, 2023

Making Chicken Feed

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Making Chicken Feed

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-03-22T08:46:23-07:00February 3rd, 2023|Garden|

The high price of feed and eggs has people sprouting grain as a cheap form of chicken feed. I tested it with my chickens, but received mixed results.

31 01, 2023

Abutilon megapotamicum

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Abutilon megapotamicum

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-01-31T12:35:33-08:00January 31st, 2023|Photos|

A Brazilian bellflower is the "roof" in one of our subtropical gardens. The sunlight through the dappled leaves and papery orange flowers is quite pretty IMHO.

26 01, 2023

Mini-Greenhouse Garden Hack

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Mini-Greenhouse Garden Hack

By Sage Osterfeld|2023-01-26T11:17:17-08:00January 26th, 2023|Garden|

Here's an easy way to get a few weeks headstart on the gardening season with this easy, efficient mini greenhouse made with a roofing panel and coat hangar.

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