Planting comfrey under fruit trees
Organic farmers know comfrey as a ‘dynamic accumulator’ – bringing deeply buried nutrients to the surface to feed my fruit trees.
How to make your own pruning paste
Pruning paste is helpful for keeping your fruit trees healthy after pruning.
4 things to consider before buying fruit trees
You’ve finally got a place to plant fruit trees – but there’s dozens at the garden centre! Which one do you buy?
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.
The shopping spree
I spent my 40th birthday buying and planting trees. 16 year old me would be horrified.
Citrus update
A round-up of how our little collection of citrus is growing.
A selection of limes
I’m up to 5 lime trees. Am I obsessed? How did I get here?
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.
About Kat
Kat is a gardener, grower of garlic, and purrveyor of Kat's Nip. Each Sunday she writes about her life on her lifestyle block in Te Hiku (Far North), New Zealand.
