Fencing folly
Simultaneously the most boring, difficult, and utterly necessary bit of owning a farm.
New, new cows
Meet the new herd of cows that arrived at The Outpost this week.
Five things I did this week
What on earth do I do all week? Well, here’s five things I did this week.
Baby chickens!
There’s some new arrivals in our flock!
Doin’ it with stile
I built something on the farm and now I don’t have to roll in cow poop!
The roosters
A couple of months ago, we welcomed some new chickens, and now the roosters are crowing.
The beauty of weeds
Looking at the beauty provided by some of the weeds on the property, and getting a bit philosophical about it.
Cooking in compost
A big compost pile generates serious heat. Enough to cook a steak. Yes, really.
Fungi friends
Following a huge rain, a bunch of mushrooms and fungi have begun to bloom.
The giant compost pile
Finding myself with many piles of rotting organic matter, I build my first hot compost pile.
Fixing the orchard
How our neglected and overgrown orchard gained redemption.
Cleaning troughs
With the nicer weather comes some essential lifestyle-block spring cleaning!
Hello, new cows
The story of how we got our new angus-cross heifers: Taco, Nacho, Burrito, Goulash, Meatball, and Meatloaf.
A buttload of mulch
I got an offer I couldn’t refuse: a giant ball of mouldy hay.
Animal tales, part 2
Nature gets very random when given the chance. Some more animal tales from The Outpost.
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.
