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Eating water-glassed eggs

Eating water-glassed eggs

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

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

Chickens love coprosma

Chickens love coprosma

by Kat | Mar 26, 2023 | Blog, Top posts

An accidental observation leads me down a rabbithole.

Planting peanuts

Planting peanuts

by Kat | Nov 20, 2022 | Blog, Gardening Advice, Spring gardening, Summer gardening, Top posts

I’m feeling more on top of things in the garden, so I’m growing something new.

Harvesting and storing potatoes

Harvesting and storing potatoes

by Kat | Apr 10, 2022 | Autumn gardening, Gardening Advice, Summer gardening, Top posts

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.

Doin’ it with stile

Doin’ it with stile

by Kat | Oct 24, 2021 | Blog, Top posts

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

Planting potatoes

Planting potatoes

by Kat | Sep 19, 2021 | Gardening Advice, Spring gardening, Summer gardening, Top posts

Potatoes can be planted as soon as the last frosts pass. Find out what to do now to great crop next season!

Cloche hoops

Cloche hoops

by Kat | Aug 22, 2021 | Gardening Advice, Tools and equipment, Top posts

All about our wonderful cloche hoops – and how you can have them too.

Square foot gardening

Square foot gardening

by Kat | Aug 8, 2021 | Blog, Gardening Advice, Spring gardening, Summer gardening, Top posts

Low rainfall in summer each year means my garden always suffers. This year, I’m planning to share our water with one bed that really pumps… and grows everything.

Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knight’s Lily)

Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knight’s Lily)

by Kat | Jan 24, 2021 | Blog, Gardening Advice, Top posts

How I fell in love with and acquired a new native plant for my collection.

Cleaning troughs

Cleaning troughs

by Kat | Nov 1, 2020 | Blog, Top posts

With the nicer weather comes some essential lifestyle-block spring cleaning!

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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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