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HOME & GARDEN
Jade Plant (Crassula ovata)
Jade Plants are low care, easy to grow plants you can shape into anything from elegant shrubs to weird martian trees based on how you care for them. Here's how:
How to Refresh a Keyhole Garden
Keyhole gardens produce an amazing amount of food with little effort, but to keep them productive, you'll want to renew the bed every now and then. Here's how.
Holly Wood California
The Toyon is a California native tree whose deep green foliage and bright red berries in December earned it the nickname "Hollywood"
Batch 22 Hot Sauce – Entry 6
Picked the final batch of fresh hot peppers and split the fermenting peppers into 2 batches so I could add more to each before they go to rest for the winter.
A Five Star Bee Hotel
I built a bee hotel to shelter the native bees of California and the Southwest. This fall, it's proving to be a very popular spot. Here's what I learned.
Fall Keyhole Garden Maintenance
Mid-autumn is a great time to do a little maintenance on the keyhole garden and get it loaded up and ready for the next growing season.
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.
Strawberries Know Spring is Right Around the Corner
After a week of much needed rain everything is suddenly green. The strawberries are particularly happy, popping out flowers and fruit as quickly as they can.
FOOD & RECIPES
Summer Pickle Time
Since we're trying not to let anything go to waste, I'm packing all these extra cucumbers to make summer pickles. It's an old recipe that's easy and very tasty!
Video: Batch 20 Hot Sauce Bottled and Ready
The 20th edition of my slow ferment hot sauce. It's funky, fruity with a medium heat on the back. BBQ worthy for sure! See how to make your own in the video.
Homemade “Florida” Bread Rolls
Here's an easy recipe that's like Hawaiian bread rolls but uses orange instead of pineapple juice. Delicious alone and with savory barbecue like pulled pork!
FOOD & RECIPES
Sage’s Homemade Ketchup Recipe
Making real ketchup is super simple and the results are delicious. Make your own once, and you may never go back to the store-bought stuff (TL/DR: Click here [keep reading...]
Make your own Mustard
Making your own mustard (yellow, deli-style, or flavored) is surprisingly simple and tastes better than the store-bought stuff. Here's how to make your own:
Terri’s Fresh Rosemary Bread
Finding things to do with all the herbs, fruits and vegetables Sage grows around here, can be a challenge (what does one do with a pound of Borage?), [keep reading...]
Terri’s Biga Recipe
The secret to great bread is old dough. Not the “hey, I found this package of ready-bake biscuits at the back of the fridge” type of old dough, [keep reading...]
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
Jade Plant (Crassula ovata)
Jade Plants are low care, easy to grow plants you can shape into anything from elegant shrubs to weird martian trees based on how you care for them. Here's how:
How to Refresh a Keyhole Garden
Keyhole gardens produce an amazing amount of food with little effort, but to keep them productive, you'll want to renew the bed every now and then. Here's how.
Holly Wood California
The Toyon is a California native tree whose deep green foliage and bright red berries in December earned it the nickname "Hollywood"
Batch 22 Hot Sauce – Entry 6
Picked the final batch of fresh hot peppers and split the fermenting peppers into 2 batches so I could add more to each before they go to rest for the winter.
A Five Star Bee Hotel
I built a bee hotel to shelter the native bees of California and the Southwest. This fall, it's proving to be a very popular spot. Here's what I learned.
Fall Keyhole Garden Maintenance
Mid-autumn is a great time to do a little maintenance on the keyhole garden and get it loaded up and ready for the next growing season.
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.
Strawberries Know Spring is Right Around the Corner
After a week of much needed rain everything is suddenly green. The strawberries are particularly happy, popping out flowers and fruit as quickly as they can.
FOOD & RECIPES
Summer Pickle Time
Since we're trying not to let anything go to waste, I'm packing all these extra cucumbers to make summer pickles. It's an old recipe that's easy and very tasty!
Video: Batch 20 Hot Sauce Bottled and Ready
The 20th edition of my slow ferment hot sauce. It's funky, fruity with a medium heat on the back. BBQ worthy for sure! See how to make your own in the video.
Homemade “Florida” Bread Rolls
Here's an easy recipe that's like Hawaiian bread rolls but uses orange instead of pineapple juice. Delicious alone and with savory barbecue like pulled pork!
FOOD & RECIPES
Sage’s Homemade Ketchup Recipe
Making real ketchup is super simple and the results are delicious. Make your own once, and you may never go back to the store-bought stuff (TL/DR: Click here [keep reading...]
Make your own Mustard
Making your own mustard (yellow, deli-style, or flavored) is surprisingly simple and tastes better than the store-bought stuff. Here's how to make your own:
Terri’s Fresh Rosemary Bread
Finding things to do with all the herbs, fruits and vegetables Sage grows around here, can be a challenge (what does one do with a pound of Borage?), [keep reading...]
Terri’s Biga Recipe
The secret to great bread is old dough. Not the “hey, I found this package of ready-bake biscuits at the back of the fridge” type of old dough, [keep reading...]
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.