Blog
Weekly tales from The Outpost.
My mother’s mother’s mothers
How the women who came before me have shaped my life at The Outpost today. The story of my matrilineal line.
Harvesting the kūmara
After ignoring our māra kūmara for several months, we dug it up!
Preparing for a cyclone
A look into what we do to prepare when the warning comes.
Albert (‘Snowie’) Charles Schaeffer (WW1 23/903)
Albert “Snowie” Charles Schaeffer served in World War 1, and returned home, broken.
Samurai’s stitches
Our big cat Sam had a whoopsie, leaving us to make a trip to the vet this week.
It’s raining, it’s pouring
I love rain, but I’m running out of clothes and I need to mow the lawns.
Garlic and rosemary salt
I’m always looking for ways to use and store my garlic. Garlic salt is one of my favourites. The addition of rosemary really makes it pop!
New, new cows
Meet the new herd of cows that arrived at The Outpost this week.
It’shallot of shallots
Shallots are one of the easiest things I grow in my garden, with an excellent rate of return.
Five things I did this summer
A catch-up looking at the things I’ve been up to over the summer break.
The Little Free Mobile Garden Centre
This year I had a a quiet moment of inspiration that spun into something really quite special at Christmas.
Our classic kiwi caravan
I need a non-gardening hobby, so I’m looking to do some restoration work on our 1965 classic kiwi caravan. Come take a peek at her.
An update on the Square Foot Garden
A few months ago I revealed my plans for a square foot garden. So, how are those plans going?
Five things I did this week
What on earth do I do all week? Well, here’s five things I did this week.
Baby chickens!
There’s some new arrivals in our flock!
Garlic development
The garlic should be ready for harvest… but is it?
Inside the gardening bucket
A look at the tools and equipment inside my yellow gardening bucket.
The spring garden
A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.
Doin’ it with stile
I built something on the farm and now I don’t have to roll in cow poop!
What do we do with a broken shadehouse?
After a big storm recently, we’ve had to re-evaluate what we do with our shadehouse.
The bush cam
I got a new toy for my birthday and it’s absolutely revolutionised the pest and weed management of our native bush.
The dreaded garlic rust
One of the worst things that could happen to a garlic grower has struck us this year: rust. So, what will I do?