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Harvesting the kūmara

Harvesting the kūmara

by Kat | May 3, 2026 | Autumn gardening, Blog, Gardening Advice

After ignoring our māra kūmara for several months, we dug it up!

May in the garden

May in the garden

by Kat | May 4, 2025 | Blog, Gardening Advice, Gardening calendar

As the weather turns cooler, there’s still a few jobs to keep you busy in the garden.

Magical mushrooms

Magical mushrooms

by Kat | Apr 28, 2024 | Autumn gardening, Blog, Gardening Advice, Pandemic Gardening

Mushrooms are popping up all over our paddock, and we are enjoying the hunt!

Getting over garden overwhelm

Getting over garden overwhelm

by Kat | Mar 12, 2023 | Blog, Gardening Advice

Gaining a focus on turning around the garden for another season.

The banana plantation

The banana plantation

by Kat | Apr 24, 2022 | Blog

An update on the patch of bananas we planted back in December 2019.

Lockdown week two: feeling down, gardening anyway

Lockdown week two: feeling down, gardening anyway

by Kat | Apr 5, 2020 | Blog

During the second week of lockdown, I’m feeling my anxiety creep back up. But I know being in my garden helps.

About Kat

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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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