A new driveway
Some major work has been occurring in the subdivision that will make visiting us easier and more pleasant.
Planting trees
Any day you get to plant a tree is a good day. And I’ve planted 96 trees so far this month.
Chickens love coprosma
An accidental observation leads me down a rabbithole.
Fencing folly
Simultaneously the most boring, difficult, and utterly necessary bit of owning a farm.
A slew of updates
Generally, I blog about what’s new, and what’s going on right now. Today, I’m looking back and providing some updates on stuff from the past 2 years.
The value of the bush
Musings on what value we place on our native forest remnants.
Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knight’s Lily)
How I fell in love with and acquired a new native plant for my collection.
Trees that count
Last week I went on a planting spree and we got 70 native trees into the soil.
A bush engagement
He asked me to marry him! The story of how Richard and I got engaged.
Why our wetland is important
One of our paddocks was once a very valuable ecosystem. I’ve got plans to return it to its former glory.
Walking to the mailbox
Some observations and musings on a long, mostly-up hill walk.
To spray, or not to spray
A look into the weeds of our property, and how we’re managing them.
Bush baby
A little bit about our native bush and what grows there.
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.
