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Growing food from kitchen scraps

Growing food from kitchen scraps

by Kat | Apr 12, 2026 | Autumn gardening, Blog, Gardening Advice, Gardening basics, Pandemic Gardening, Spring gardening, Summer gardening, Winter gardening

You don’t need to buy seeds to start growing food. Your weekly grocery shop is full of ways to get your garden pumping.

December in the garden

December in the garden

by Kat | Dec 1, 2024 | Blog, Gardening Advice, Gardening calendar

The most important tasks for December in your garden.

How my garden grows

How my garden grows

by Kat | Nov 24, 2024 | Blog

A peek at how the garden is doing going into the main growing season.

November in the garden

November in the garden

by Kat | Nov 3, 2024 | Gardening Advice, Gardening calendar

It’s full-steam ahead on all your fresh summer faves.

September in the garden

September in the garden

by Kat | Sep 1, 2024 | Gardening Advice, Gardening calendar

Heading into spring the garden jobs begin to build up. Find out what needs doing in September.

End of season update on the Square Foot Garden

End of season update on the Square Foot Garden

by Kat | Apr 3, 2022 | Blog, Gardening Advice

A round up of what went right (and too right!) in the Square Foot Garden this season.

An update on the Square Foot Garden

An update on the Square Foot Garden

by Kat | Dec 5, 2021 | Blog, Gardening Advice

A few months ago I revealed my plans for a square foot garden. So, how are those plans going?

Square foot gardening

Square foot gardening

by Kat | Aug 8, 2021 | Blog, Gardening Advice, Spring gardening, Summer gardening, Top posts

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.

Garden time

Garden time

by Kat | Jul 11, 2021 | Blog

A bed-by-bed tour of the winter vege garden.

9 things to grow in a pandemic

9 things to grow in a pandemic

by Kat | Mar 22, 2020 | Blog, Gardening Advice, Pandemic Gardening

In the middle of a pandemic, what can you grow to keep you and your family fed and healthy this winter?

Glazed Thyme Carrots

Glazed Thyme Carrots

by Kat | Jun 2, 2019 | Recipes

A delicious way to use 2 common ingredients growing in the garden – carrots and thyme.

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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