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.
Coconut lemon slice (new and improved)
One of my most popular recipes is now even better!
Banana loaf
An easy, delicious version of this classic way to use a prodigious banana harvest.
A week away
I left the farm for a whole 8 days! I had so much fun! Here are some highlights.
Five easy-care edible flowers for your garden
Some edible flowers you can get easily established in your garden.
Gran Shirley’s Coconut Slice
One of our favourite recipes from my Gran’s cookbook.
Sponge-top pudding
Use your fruit harvests by making this simple comforting dessert on these dark winter nights.
Apple crumble
My favourite way to use our apple harvest.
Making Nana Retter’s Fruit Cake
Last Christmas I joined a long line of women in my family who have made my great grandmother’s fruit cake.
Gran Shirley’s Sally Lunn
We’ve got too many potatoes so I’m looking for new ways to use them. Turns out, my Gran had a delicious way around a potato glut.
Citrus meringue pie
A light and deceptively simple dessert that can be made in a range of flavour combinations depending on what’s available and what sounds yum!
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.
