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.
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.
The garlic bed
An update on how the garlic is growing, and how you can help your own crop do well this year.
The catnip swale
The story of Kat’s Nip and working out how to grow enough to supply demand.
Learning to farm
I’ve had to learn how to look after my land and animals. Here’s what I’ve done so far.
A bush engagement
He asked me to marry him! The story of how Richard and I got engaged.
Strawberry fields forever
My imagination ran away without me and now I have incredible strawberry beds.
Raining in my head like a tragedy
An update on our rainfall, and how we plan to hold onto it for longer.
Interpreting my soil test
What do the numbers on a soil test actually mean? How I interpreted mine, including macro and micro-nutrients, and what I’m doing about it.
Taking soil samples
Taking soil samples and sending them away to the lab for a soil test.
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.
Growing garlic
A little history about my love-affair with growing garlic, and a peek into the future.
Tomatogeddon
The garden has started going bonkers. I’ve currently got an avalanche of tomatoes going on – in May.
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.
