The composting toilet
Pooping is such a basic part of every life. We’ve got a little closer to our poop since we moved to The Outpost by composting it through our composting toilet.
Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knight’s Lily)
How I fell in love with and acquired a new native plant for my collection.
The shed
Probably the most-procrastinated and disliked tasks since we moved here is now done!
The egg thief
It turns out our dog, Roxy, and our free-range chickens are… not a good fit.
Fixing the orchard
How our neglected and overgrown orchard gained redemption.
Piggy grumps
What do you do when a pig gets into your garden? Well, I have a bit of experience with that one…
A buttload of mulch
I got an offer I couldn’t refuse: a giant ball of mouldy hay.
Makin’ bacon
When life gives you a pig, you make bacon. A straightforward home-curing process from shot to bacon buttie.
The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be…
Roxy is the newest addition to The Outpost. This is the story of how she came to live with us.
Animal tales, part 2
Nature gets very random when given the chance. Some more animal tales from The Outpost.
A trip around the sun on The Outpost
We’ve been living at The Outpost for a year. I look back at what we’ve achieved, and give a few updates to previous blogs.
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.
A proliferation of pineapples
Life really gave us pineapples this week.
A trusted tool
When you own the equivalent of 5 city blocks, sometimes you can’t see what’s going on at the other end.
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.
