Growing food from kitchen scraps
You don’t need to buy seeds to start growing food. Your weekly grocery shop is full of ways to get your garden pumping.
Smoking paprika
A bumper paprika crop means it’s time to make one of my best decisions so far and smoke it.
Growing paprika
Paprika is made from specific varieties of capsicum, and this summer, I grew and processed my own.
December in the garden
Last chance to plant most summer crops. Time to harvest garlic, berries, and potatoes.
November in the garden
It’s full-steam ahead on all your fresh summer faves.
October in the garden
It’s heating up this month and there’s plenty to get growing in the garden!
September in the garden
Heading into spring the garden jobs begin to build up. Find out what needs doing in September.
August in the garden
We’re at the tail-end of winter rolling towards spring, and things are heating back up.
The shopping spree
I spent my 40th birthday buying and planting trees. 16 year old me would be horrified.
End of season update on the Square Foot Garden
A round up of what went right (and too right!) in the Square Foot Garden this season.
An update on the Square Foot Garden
A few months ago I revealed my plans for a square foot garden. So, how are those plans going?
The spring garden
A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.
Square foot gardening
Low rainfall in summer each year means my garden always suffers. This year, I’m planning to share our water with one bed that really pumps… and grows everything.
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.
