The dangers of weeding
Gardening isn’t all butterflies and rainbows. And even when it is, that isn’t always a good thing.
Garden planning with GardenBox 3D
Creating a map of my garden using GardenBox 3D, and how I’m using it to plan my upcoming gardening adventures.
Upgrading the garden paths
There’s a secret under your feet when you walk through my garden, and it’s quietly improving our soils.
5 tips for tidying up your bananas
Practical tips for maintaining a banana clump. Hard-learned lessons from someone who’s ruined a t-shirt.
Four reasons to dig up your compost bin
When was the last time you lifted up your compost bin to see what it’s been up to? What will you find if you do?
Five easy-care edible flowers for your garden
Some edible flowers you can get easily established in your garden. Ready and fresh for any special occasion.
Cleaning up my rusty tools
It’s pruning season but my tools are rusty and I can’t afford new ones. So I tried cleaning them up with vinegar.
Gardening equipment you won’t regret
Some of my favourite pieces of equipment for taking your garden to the next level.
Tidying my garden shed
My garden shed is (once again) a mess! Time to tidy it up.
In-ground worm farming
Installing some new worm farms directly in the garden to continuously improve a poorly-performing garden bed.
Resetting the worm farm
The worm farm is full and ready for a re-set! This week I emptied our worm farm all out, then filled it back up again.
Inside the gardening bucket
A look at the most-useful gardening tools and equipment in my gardening bucket.
Cloche hoops
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.
The lazy woman’s garden
Spending less time in the garden, and still harvesting from it by letting nature do the gardening for me.
The giant compost pile
Finding myself with many piles of rotting organic matter, I build my first hot compost pile.
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.
