Everything I’ve learned about getting a successful garlic harvest in the ground.

It’s time to plant leeks! There’s a bit of a trick to harvesting a good leek, so I thought I’d take a moment to show you how.

When life gives you organic matter, make compost.

How I fell in love with and acquired a new native plant for my collection.

My top-5 most fool-proof vegetables that anyone can grow?

A decade ago, I started on my gardening journey in a collection of pots on an inner-city balcony. Here are the things I wish I knew then.

A look into how I grow, and cook with a selection of some of the herbs growing at The Outpost.

A spring update from the garden.

After receiving my soil test results, I’ve spent some time interpreting the results, and thinking about how I can amend the soil to be its best.

I decided to get a soil test done on my garden. This week, I’m taking soil samples and sending them away to the lab.

A couple of months ago, we welcomed some new chickens, and now the roosters are crowing.

Our lives are made richer by the creatures we share The Outpost with. Every so often I write out some short stories about them. This is the third post in that series.

I’m getting lazy and spending less time in the garden. But we’re still harvesting fresh food regularly. How? I’m letting nature do the gardening for me.

Generally, I blog about what’s new, and what’s going on right now. Today, I’m looking back and providing some updates on stuff from the past 2 years.

Musings on what value we place on our native forest remnants.

In order to plant native trees, we need to source native trees. I went tree-hunting this week.

One person’s problem became our new friends with the arrival of 7 new chooks.

We’ve a new friend at The Outpost. An Airedale Terrier named Hine Toa.

Looking at the beauty provided by some of the weeds on the property, and getting a bit philosophical about it.

Pooping is such a basic part of every life. We’ve got a little closer to our poop since we moved to The Outpost by composting it through our composting toilet.