Blog
Weekly tales from The Outpost.
Garlic harvest 2025
Results from my much-smaller 2025 garlic crop.
Spare cow
In the face of a mystery, we find ourselves examining our morals.
Garden planning with GardenBox 3D
Creating a map of my garden using GardenBox 3D, and how I’m using it to plan my upcoming gardening adventures.
Māra kūmara
This year I’ve re-introduced kūmara into my garden.
Coconut lemon slice (new and improved)
One of my most popular recipes is now even better!
Outback Buildings chicken coop review
We’ve had our Outback Buildings chicken coop for 8 years. How has it held up?
Companion planting
An introduction to the real scientific principles behind the idea of companion planting.
Ponga paths
The next stage in the evolution of my wee garden.
Summer garden plans
The plans I’ve got for my garden over the summer of 2025-26.
Gnome makeover
Time to give my gnomes a glow-up!
Pest management
The pest-control is getting an upgrade around here.
Growing peanuts in New Zealand
What I’ve learned about growing peanuts over the last three seasons.
Home-grown peanut butter
After 3 years and many, many hours of work, I finally get to sit down to my own home-grown, home-made peanut butter.
Weekly diary
A look at a random winter’s week in my life.
The garden in winter 2025
A wander around the garden highlights in winter 2025.
Upgrading the garden paths
There’s a secret under your feet when you walk through my garden.
Tidying up the catnip
A peek behind-the-scenes at how I grow wickedly-strong catnip.
Going back to growing garlic
And so it begins again.
Things I’ve been liking
As the world gets a bit dark and awful, here are some of the things that have brought me joy.
May in the garden
As the weather turns cooler, there’s still a few jobs to keep you busy in the garden.
65 Hours Without Power
Cyclone Tam roared through the country last week, and the fallout took a while to settle.
Boiled peanuts
Our third peanut harvest is our biggest so far; so I had the chance to try boiled peanuts for the first time. I am a fan.