The pros and cons of owning chickens
If you love eggs, you might be thinking about owning some chickens… but should you?
Paying for my cow’s farts
How will the proposed agricultural emissions scheme affect my little farm and tiny cattle herd?
Some faults on the fenceline
The storms last weekend brought down a couple of nīkau palms near our fence line. How did we sort this one out?
Max chicken
We’ve had a bit of a poultry shuffle. The ducks have found a better home, and we’ve gone max chicken!
Fencing folly
Simultaneously the most boring, difficult, and utterly necessary bit of owning a farm.
New, new cows
Meet the new herd of cows that arrived at The Outpost this week.
Doin’ it with stile
I built something on the farm and now I don’t have to roll in cow poop!
The roosters
A couple of months ago, we welcomed some new chickens, and now the roosters are crowing.
The zoo grows again
One person’s problem became our new friends with the arrival of 7 new chooks.
The shed
Probably the most-procrastinated and disliked tasks since we moved here is now done!
Cleaning troughs
With the nicer weather comes some essential lifestyle-block spring cleaning!
Hello, new cows
The story of how we got our new angus-cross heifers: Taco, Nacho, Burrito, Goulash, Meatball, and Meatloaf.
Animal tales, part 2
Nature gets very random when given the chance. Some more animal tales from The Outpost.
Saying goodbye
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.
Our chicken coop
After I decided I was ready for chickens, I had to find them a house. 3 years down the track, I evaluate how I did.
About Kat
Kat is a gardener and purrveyor of Kat's Nip. Most Sundays she writes about her life on her lifestyle block in Te Hiku (Far North), New Zealand.
