The New Zealand Whole Earth Catalogue
Why and how I collected the complete set of The New Zealand Whole Earth Catalogues.
An update post
A collection of updates about eggs, chickens, worms, weather, and garlic.
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.
Eating water-glassed eggs
An attempt to avoid buying eggs as our chicken’s production drops off.
The International Year of Millets
The UN has declared 2023 the International Year of Millets, so I tried growing some millet.
Autumn garden update
As we hurtle towards winter, I’m working away in my garden to get it ready for next summer.
Pam and Tommy
Six weeks ago we welcomed two new occupants in our zoo – Pam and Tommy.
Chickens love coprosma
An accidental observation leads me down a rabbithole.
The pros and cons of owning chickens
If you love eggs, you might be thinking about owning some chickens… but should you?
Max chicken
We’ve had a bit of a poultry shuffle. The ducks have found a better home, and we’ve gone max chicken!
Baby chickens!
There’s some new arrivals in our flock!
The eggless chickens
Every year about this time, our chickens stop laying eggs. Each year I swear I’ll be ready for it the next, but it always, always seems to catch me by surprise. One day we’ll look in the cupboard and there’s no eggs. Our supply is dry. It’s...
Garden time
A bed-by-bed tour of the winter vege garden.
The roosters
A couple of months ago, we welcomed some new chickens, and now the roosters are crowing.
A slew of updates
Generally, I blog about what’s new, and what’s going on right now. Today, I’m looking back and providing some updates on stuff from the past 2 years.
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.
