A collection of short stories about the animals on our lifestyle block.

When you own the equivalent of 5 city blocks, sometimes you can’t see what’s going on at the other end.

I’ve had to learn how to look after my land and animals. Here’s what I’ve done so far.

Our cows are ready to sell, and the market is good. But it’s still hard to say goodbye to the livestock we’ve looked after for 12 months.

Nature gets very random when given the chance. Some more animal tales from The Outpost.

Roxy is the newest addition to The Outpost. This is the story of how she came to live with us.

The story of how we got our new angus-cross heifers: Taco, Nacho, Burrito, Goulash, Meatball, and Meatloaf.

With the nicer weather comes some essential lifestyle-block spring cleaning!

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.

What on earth do I do all week? Well, here’s five things I did this week.

Meet the new herd of cows that arrived at The Outpost this week.

Simultaneously the most boring, difficult, and utterly necessary bit of owning a farm.

The storms last weekend brought down a couple of nīkau palms near our fence line. How did we sort this one out?

How will the proposed agricultural emissions scheme affect my little farm and tiny cattle herd?

I’ve had a wonderful summer break, though I’m not sure how relaxing it was. Here’s a catch-up of what I got up to.

We’ve been here a while, so how close are we to being self-sufficient?

A few of the things I’ve been up to over my summer break.

We’re out sweating on the paddocks, clearing off the grass and gorse.

After a winter without any cows, our fourth herd has arrived to fresh spring growth.

Practical tips for maintaining a banana clump. Hard-learned lessons from someone who’s ruined a t-shirt.

Dairy prices are rising again, so I’m beginning to wonder if I should bring production in-house…

Vespula wasp numbers have exploded at our place this year, so it was time to run a poison operation with Vespex.

A look at a random winter’s week in my life.

In the face of a mystery, we find ourselves examining our morals.

A frank look at what we do with our cows.