The pursuit of self-sufficiency
We’ve been here a while, so how close are we to being self-sufficient?
Where are the avocados?
We have a lot of trees at The Outpost, but we don’t have any avocado. It’s not just because we’re saving to build a house.
Five trees you’ll find at The Outpost
A tree that can grow 6 meters in a year; another that you can wash your clothes with. A guide to a few of our trees.
Planning a miniature food forest
I’ve been thinking and scheming – and I think I’ve come up with a plan for our first area of ‘food forest’.
What’s in a name?
A guide to, and explanation of, the names we have given to places around our property.
Banana farmer
We’ve planted some bananas on the farm!
The future state of The Outpost
What does it look like in an imagined future where all our work on the property is beginning to pay off?
We’ve finally arrived
Some thoughts on the overwhelming tasks ahead of us on our new property.
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.
