Snapshots
A few things that are happening, or will be happening.
On grief
A poorly-timed accident sends me spinning.
More things I’ve been liking
Some things that have made 2025 bearable.
Weekly diary
A look at a random winter’s week in my life.
Tidying up the catnip
A peek behind-the-scenes at how I grow wickedly-strong catnip.
Kat’s Nip Fluffy Balls
A new product has joined the Kat’s Nip range.
Reevaluating the plan
The last blog of 2023. I’d like to start 2024 on a new page, so I’m taking a longer-than-usual break from the blog this summer.
Spring updates
Things keep ticking along here at The Outpost, so how are all those projects going?
Six things I did this summer
I’ve had a wonderful summer break, though I’m not sure how relaxing it was. Here’s a catch-up of what I got up to.
Five things I did this summer
A catch-up looking at the things I’ve been up to over the summer break.
Five things I did this week
What on earth do I do all week? Well, here’s five things I did this week.
My favourite herbs
A look into how I grow, and cook with a selection of some of the herbs growing at The Outpost.
How does the garden grow?
A spring update from the first year in our new garden.
A trip around the sun on The Outpost
We’ve been living at The Outpost for a year. I look back at what we’ve achieved, and give a few updates to previous blogs.
The catnip swale
The story of Kat’s Nip and working out how to grow enough to supply demand.
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.
