Does your vegetable garden feel overwhelming?
Mine too! Here’s how I’ve learned to feel the overwhelm and harvest food anyway. Get unstuck and make your vegetable garden grow again.
Everything I know about planting garlic
When to plant garlic in New Zealand depends on your garden’s climate. Here’s what nearly a decade of growing in the Far North has taught me.
Harvesting the kūmara
After ignoring our māra kūmara for several months, we dug it up!
Smoking paprika
A bumper paprika crop means it’s time to make one of my best decisions so far and smoke it.
Magical mushrooms
Mushrooms are popping up all over our paddock, and we are enjoying the hunt!
Planting comfrey under fruit trees
Organic farmers know comfrey as a ‘dynamic accumulator’ – bringing deeply buried nutrients to the surface to feed my fruit trees.
Make your own pruning sealer
Seal and protect fresh wounds on trees with this no-fuss pruning paste made from common household ingredients.
My first peanut harvest
My first peanut harvest is in!
Vegetables that pay off
All things considered, what vegetables deliver the best returns on investment in the garden?
Harvesting and storing potatoes
We eat a lot of potatoes, so we grow a lot of potatoes. Here’s how we harvest and store them to feed us through winter.
Planting leeks
It’s time to plant leeks! There’s a bit of a trick to harvesting a good leek, so I thought I’d take a moment to show you how.
5 veges you can grow without screwing up
My top-5 most fool-proof vegetables that anyone can grow.
Constant Coriander
If you love coriander, then having constant, fresh leaves in your garden can be a nirvana-state. Find out how to achieve it!
Growing strawberries
Practically everyone loves strawberries! Learn the important things to know when growing your own.
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.
