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Green banana flour

Green banana flour

by Kat | May 24, 2026 | Blog, Cook, Preservation

An experiment to see if one of our runaway-successes can help plug a gap in our home-grown supply chain.

Smoking paprika

Smoking paprika

by Kat | Mar 22, 2026 | Autumn gardening, Blog, Cook, Gardening Advice, Preservation

My paprika crop is maturing and it’s time to get creative with it!

Home-grown peanut butter

Home-grown peanut butter

by Kat | Aug 10, 2025 | Blog, Cook, Preservation, Savoury

After 3 years and many, many hours of work, I finally get to sit down to my own home-grown, home-made peanut butter.

Gran Shirley’s Cauliflower and Pineapple Pickle

Gran Shirley’s Cauliflower and Pineapple Pickle

by Kat | Jul 14, 2024 | Blog, Cook, Preservation

It’s taken me years to grow the cauliflower I needed to make this one…

Eating water-glassed eggs

Eating water-glassed eggs

by Kat | Jun 4, 2023 | Blog, Cook, Preservation, Top posts

An attempt to avoid buying eggs as our chicken’s production drops off.

Makin’ bacon

Makin’ bacon

by Kat | Oct 4, 2020 | Blog, Cook, Preservation

When life gives you a pig, make bacon!

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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.

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