May in the garden
As the weather turns cooler, there’s still a few jobs to keep you busy in the garden.
April in the garden
Now autumn is in full swing, it’s time to start preparing your winter gardens and putting some care into your fruit trees.
March in the garden
Not sure what needs doing in your garden this month? I’ve got you covered.
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.
4 things to consider before buying fruit trees
You’ve finally got a place to plant fruit trees – but there’s dozens at the garden centre! Which one do you buy?
Apple crumble
My favourite way to use our apple harvest.
Apple harvest
Three of our heritage apple trees produced small harvests this year.
My happy place
3 years ago I wrote about my frustration at my new garden. Today, it is my happy place.
The shopping spree
I spent my 40th birthday buying and planting trees. 16 year old me would be horrified.
The banana plantation
An update on the patch of bananas we planted back in December 2019.
Fixing the orchard
How our neglected and overgrown orchard gained redemption.
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.
