Garlic harvest 2025
Results from my much-smaller 2025 garlic crop.
Companion planting
An introduction to the real scientific principles behind the idea of companion planting.
The garden in winter 2025
A wander around the garden highlights in winter 2025.
Going back to growing garlic
And so it begins again.
June in the garden
Winter doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do in the garden. Find out what needs doing, and what can be planted in June.
Seed saving
A deep dive into how to save money by saving seeds from your garden.
All the alliums
The garlic harvest is in – and for sale!
Giving up on garlic
The first half of this year’s garlic is up, and the results are… not great.
An update post
A collection of updates about eggs, chickens, worms, weather, and garlic.
A mid-season update on the garlic
After last year’s disaster season, how is the garlic growing in 2022?
Five things I did this week
It’s been an unexpectedly dry week, so we got some things done.
Growing past my biggest failure
Last year, my garlic crop failed big and hard. This year, I’m nervous and more subdued about planting again.
It’shallot of shallots
Shallots are one of the easiest things I grow in my garden, with an excellent rate of return.
Garlic development
The garlic should be ready for harvest… but is it?
Garlic growing 2021: the experiments
Each year I experiment with new garlic varieties to see if they’re worth adding to my “garlic collection”. This year I’m trying 3: Russian Red, Spanish Red, and Kakanui.
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.
