Ponga paths
The next stage in the evolution of my wee garden.
Pest management
The pest-control is getting an upgrade around here.
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!
Three things my Dad taught me
This Father’s Day, I’m looking at the values I gained as my father’s daughter.
Chickens love coprosma
An accidental observation leads me down a rabbithole.
Why I don’t keep bees
You’d think with so much native bush (and with more trees planted each year), we might put in a few bee hives at The Outpost. But we won’t be. Here’s why.
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?
What’s in a name?
A guide to, and explanation of, the names we have given to places around our property.
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.
The bush cam
I got a new toy for my birthday and it’s absolutely revolutionised the pest and weed management of our native bush.
Clearing the clearing
This week we cut down a bunch of gorse and cleared out a nice spot for a picnic in the bush.
Manual of the New Zealand Flora
How do you learn to see the trees for the forest? You look closer. And then you look closer again. And again.
The value of the bush
Musings on what value we place on our native forest remnants.
Sourcing native trees
In order to plant native trees, we need to source native trees. I went tree-hunting this week.
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.
