This week we cut down a bunch of gorse and cleared out a nice spot for a picnic in the bush.

We’ve got two full years of weather data now. What does it say?

How do you learn to see the trees for the forest? You look closer. And then you look closer again. And again.

We use a few different cloche hoops are an invaluable tool in the garden. A look at what we use and how it holds up.

Low rainfall in summer each year means my garden always suffers. This year, I’m planning to share our water with one bed that really pumps… and grows everything.

A surprisingly simple and satisfying little crop to grow. Find out how to take a small piece from the supermarket and turn it into a year’s supply of ginger!

Paths are a perhaps overlooked, at yet very important part of the garden. Here’s a look at my trials (and errors).

If you usually just purchase them, you might not know that in the darkest days of winter, the chickens take a break.

A bed-by-bed tour of the winter vege garden.

Each year I experiment with new garlic varieties to see if they’re worth adding to my “garlic collection”. This year I’m trying 3: Russian Red, Spanish Red, and Kakanui.

I’m slowly learning plants don’t have to be “useful” to be worthwhile. So this week, I planted a flower garden just to put a smile on my face.

A couple of months ago, we welcomed some new chickens, and now the roosters are crowing.

Roxy catches her first pig and Hine makes her first photobomb in this continuing series about the animals in our lives.

Spending less time in the garden, and still harvesting from it by letting nature do the gardening for me.

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.

Musings on what value we place on our native forest remnants.

In order to plant native trees, we need to source native trees. I went tree-hunting this week.

One person’s problem became our new friends with the arrival of 7 new chooks.

We’ve a new friend at The Outpost. An Airedale Terrier named Hine Toa.

Looking at the beauty provided by some of the weeds on the property, and getting a bit philosophical about it.

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.