Choosing seed potatoes
Can you grow the potatoes sprouting in the pantry? How we choose our seed potatoes, buy the right amount, and prepare for planting season.
When to plant potatoes: a step-by-step guide
Potato planting begins for most of New Zealand in September. Learn when’s best for your garden, and tips to get the best out of your plants.
Vegetables that pay off
All things considered, what vegetables deliver the best returns on investment in the garden?
Gran Shirley’s Sally Lunn
Gran Shirley’s answer to a potato glut turns out to be delicious. Worth making even without the glut.
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.
The Little Free Mobile Garden Centre
This year I had a a quiet moment of inspiration that spun into something really quite special at Christmas.
Five things I did this week
What on earth do I do all week? Well, here’s five things I did this week.
How does the garden grow?
A spring update from the first year in our new garden.
Return of the garden center
On the first day of Level 2, I made a trip to the one place I missed most: the garden center.
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.
