Fresh New Season Stock!

Kat's Nip is back in stock now with a fresh, new-season's batch of New Zealand's dankest catnip!

Packets of Kat's Nip in a bin waiting to be sealed.

LATEST POSTS

Spring updates

Things keep ticking along here at The Outpost, so how are all those projects going?

Banana farmin’

Banana farmin’

We are officially eating our own home-grown bananas!!

The mulch pile

The mulch pile

A giant pile of mulch stands between us and our dream home.

Planting trees

Planting trees

Any day you get to plant a tree is a good day. And I’ve planted 96 trees so far this month.

Hi, I’m Kat,

I live in Te Hiku (Far North), New Zealand near the Bay of Islands with my partner Richard, our two dogs, three cats, six cows, 11 hens, and two roosters.

A few years ago we managed to purchase a 15 hectare lifestyle block complete with regenerating native forest and paddocks. This website is where I record our adventures, experiments, ideas, projects, and plans.

I also sell some of the things I grow. Check out the store to see what’s available!Mastodon

Kat
Coconut Slice

Coconut Slice

One of our favourite recipes from my Gran’s cookbook.

Befores and afters

Befores and afters

A look at how far we’ve come since we purchased The Outpost.

An update post

An update post

A collection of updates about eggs, chickens, worms, weather, and garlic.

Planting comfrey under fruit trees

Planting comfrey under fruit trees

Organic farmers know comfrey as a ‘dynamic accumulator’ – bringing deeply buried nutrients to the surface to feed my fruit trees.

Seed garlic

Growing great seed garlic is one of my many projects here on the farm. The 2023 season has begun and is looking really fantastic.

Find out more about my varieties and sign up to find out when they go on sale.

Garlic early in the 2023 season
Sponge-top pudding

Sponge-top pudding

Use your fruit harvests by making this simple comforting dessert on these dark winter nights.

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