I haven’t been very attentive to my garden lately, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be eating out of it in the coming months.

Lately I’ve been working on my family history. This week I found my long-lost spinster aunts buried in Karori.

Richard managed to snag the free use of a digger for an hour, and we did something I’ve wanted to do for YEARS.

Simultaneously the most boring, difficult, and utterly necessary bit of owning a farm.

Our big cat Sam had a whoopsie, leaving us to make a trip to the vet this week.

I love rain, but I’m running out of clothes and I need to mow the lawns.

Home-grown garlic salt with rosemary. One of the best ways to store and use a garlic harvest.

Meet the new herd of cows that arrived at The Outpost this week.

Shallots are one of the easiest things I grow in my garden, with an excellent rate of return.

A catch-up looking at the things I’ve been up to over the summer break.

This year I had a a quiet moment of inspiration that spun into something really quite special at Christmas.

I need a non-gardening hobby, so I’m looking to do some restoration work on our 1965 classic kiwi caravan. Come take a peek at her.

A few months ago I revealed my plans for a square foot garden. So, how are those plans going?

What on earth do I do all week? Well, here’s five things I did this week.

There’s some new arrivals in our flock!

The garlic should be ready for harvest… but is it?

A look at the most-useful gardening tools and equipment in my gardening bucket.

A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.

I built something on the farm and now I don’t have to roll in cow poop!

After a big storm recently, we’ve had to re-evaluate what we do with our shadehouse.

I got a new toy for my birthday and it’s absolutely revolutionised the pest and weed management of our native bush.