Cleaning the water tank with Safe H2O
When we noticed our tap water was acidic, we decided to get the tank cleaned. Here’s how it went.
Outpost Buildings chicken coop review
We’ve had our Outpost Buildings chicken coop for 8 years. How has it held up?
Another year in the berry house
The annual task of tidying up the berry house is upon me!
Sweating with Pride: The fences project
We’re out sweating on the paddocks, clearing off the grass and gorse.
A new driveway
Some major work has been occurring in the subdivision that will make visiting us easier and more pleasant.
Cleaning up my rusty tools
It’s pruning season but my tools are rusty and I can’t afford new ones. So I tried cleaning them up with vinegar.
Tidying the berry house
The berries are flowering, so it’s time to secure the berry house against birds. If only it were that simple!
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?
Spraying gorses
Gorse is an unfortunate reality of owning farmland in New Zealand. This week I got out and sprayed some.
Fencing folly
Simultaneously the most boring, difficult, and utterly necessary bit of owning a farm.
Five things I did this summer
A catch-up looking at the things I’ve been up to over the summer break.
Cleaning troughs
With the nicer weather comes some essential lifestyle-block spring cleaning!
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.
