White Cabbage Butterfly
A deep dive into white butterfly – one of the most common and destructive pests in Kiwi gardens.
Winter gardening in the Far North
It’s time to tidy the strawberries, plant garlic, and prepare for potatoes.
Autumn garden update
As we hurtle towards winter, I’m working away in my garden to get it ready for next summer.
Getting over garden overwhelm
Gaining a focus on turning around the garden for another season.
The shopping spree
I spent my 40th birthday buying and planting trees. 16 year old me would be horrified.
Autumn in the vege garden
I haven’t been very attentive to my garden lately, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be eating out of it in the coming months.
The spring garden
A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.
Garden time
A bed-by-bed tour of the winter vege garden.
My brilliant broccoli
This year my broccoli has really pumped. Here’s what I did, and what I learned along the way.
Tomatogeddon
The garden has started going bonkers. I’ve currently got an avalanche of tomatoes going on – in May.
Lockdown week two: feeling down, gardening anyway
During the second week of lockdown, I’m feeling my anxiety creep back up. But I know being in my garden helps.
Learning to love my garden (again)
The garden is finally turning into something I’m happy with!
Marilyn’s Cheesy Leeks
A simple, quick and utterly delicious cheese sauce used by my mother to hide all kinds of vegetables, including my favourite, leeks.
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.
