Poor peanut performance
Turns out, peanuts don’t much love being ignored for the entire growing season.
Companion planting
Does companion planting actually work? Why don’t the lists agree? The science behind which plants help each other, and which ones don’t.
January in the garden
In January, the biggest task is usually dealing with pests. Also, planting leeks.
White Cabbage Butterfly
Are green caterpillars destroying your brassicas? Here’s every trick from organic to toxic to rid yourself of white cabbage butterfly.
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.
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.
The catnip swale
The story of Kat’s Nip and working out how to grow enough to supply demand.
Controlling garden pests
Slugs in the seedlings, caterpillars in the kale? How to spot the usual garden pest suspects and deal with them naturally.
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.
