Preparing for a cyclone
A look into what we do to prepare when the warning comes.
65 Hours Without Power
Cyclone Tam roared through the country last week, and the fallout took a while to settle.
Befores and afters
A look at how far we’ve come since we purchased The Outpost.
Storm surge
We weren’t entirely unscathed by Gabrielle, but we are left feeling very grateful.
Another month’s worth of rain
The rain fell quite spectacularly this week. We’re now in our fourth year of weather monitoring, so how wet has the last year been?
Serendipity
I know we all joke we’re two-degrees of separation from anyone else in New Zealand. But Richard and I have closer links to the land we live on than we could have imagined.
Rainfall
We’ve got two full years of weather data now. What does it say?
Raining in my head like a tragedy
An update on our rainfall, and how we plan to hold onto it for longer.
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.
Our first drought
Our lifestyle block is officially in the middle of a drought. So, how are we doing?
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.
