The best-laid plans
Find out what I’ve got planned for the 2024-25 growing season in my garden.
Sweating with Pride: The fences project
We’re out sweating on the paddocks, clearing off the grass and gorse.
Magical mushrooms
Mushrooms are popping up all over our paddock, and we are enjoying the hunt!
A new driveway
Some major work has been occurring in the subdivision that will make visiting us easier and more pleasant.
A diary of my week
Ever wonder what I do in a week? Well, here’s one week in my life.
The restorative things
Weirdly, life isn’t all about gardening. Sometimes you’ve gotta find some balance.
Three things my Dad taught me
This Father’s Day, I’m looking at the values I gained as my father’s daughter.
Befores and afters
A look at how far we’ve come since we purchased The Outpost.
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.
Storm surge
We weren’t entirely unscathed by Gabrielle, but we are left feeling very grateful.
The pros and cons of owning chickens
If you love eggs, you might be thinking about owning some chickens… but should you?
Paying for my cow’s farts
How will the proposed agricultural emissions scheme affect my little farm and tiny cattle herd?
Some faults on the fenceline
The storms last weekend brought down a couple of nīkau palms near our fence line. How did we sort this one out?
Max chicken
We’ve had a bit of a poultry shuffle. The ducks have found a better home, and we’ve gone max chicken!
Spraying gorses
Gorse is an unfortunate reality of owning farmland in New Zealand. This week I got out and sprayed some.
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.
