Originally posted by TheQuixote:

The kite part would be the part where I mentioned having a curtain platform thick enough to withstand an attack long enough for food buffs to take effect so you can run the attack away from your base.

The point is, the game logic has you having to protect your castle instead of the castle protecting you. Does that make any sense at all?

Another part of base defence is to never go hungry. When you have a farm going its incredibly easy to always have some food buffs going. Just some turnip stew meat and honey gives you enough ho and stamina for some base defence and taking a hit without dying from most things.
For expeditions to dangerous places you might want better buffs, but in general its always helpfull to have a bit of extra health and stamina even if you are just building/tending your base. So etimes you take fall damage so why not always aiming for having north of 100 health?