Turning worms into chickens
How I turned a wodge of worms into 3 egg-laying machines and made my poultry economically sustainable.
Trees that count
Last week I went on a planting spree and we got 70 native trees into the soil.
The complicated tale of Bunbun
When a cat brings you a healthy baby rabbit, what do you do?
Learning to farm
I’ve had to learn how to look after my land and animals. Here’s what I’ve done so far.
A bush engagement
He asked me to marry him! The story of how Richard and I got engaged.
Strawberry fields forever
My imagination ran away without me and now I have incredible strawberry beds.
Raining in my head like a tragedy
An update on our rainfall, and how we plan to hold onto it for longer.
Taking soil samples
Taking soil samples and sending them away to the lab for a soil test.
Why our wetland is important
One of our paddocks was once a very valuable ecosystem. I’ve got plans to return it to its former glory.
My brilliant broccoli
This year my broccoli has really pumped. Here’s what I did, and what I learned along the way.
Growing garlic
A little history about my love-affair with growing garlic, and a peek into the future.
Return of the garden center
On the first day of Level 2, I made a trip to the one place I missed most: the garden center.
Tomatogeddon
The garden has started going bonkers. I’ve currently got an avalanche of tomatoes going on – in May.
Imagining a house
Lately I’ve been thinking about what a real house at The Outpost might look like.
Lurverly luffas
The story of my failure to grow very many luffas.
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.
