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Ponga paths

Ponga paths

by Kat | Oct 12, 2025 | Life

The next stage in the evolution of my wee garden.

Some faults on the fenceline

Some faults on the fenceline

by Kat | Jul 17, 2022 | Farm, Infrastructure

The storms last weekend brought down a couple of nīkau palms near our fence line. How did we sort this one out?

Manual of the New Zealand Flora

Manual of the New Zealand Flora

by Kat | Aug 29, 2021 | Life

How do you learn to see the trees for the forest? You look closer. And then you look closer again. And again.

Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knight’s Lily)

Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knight’s Lily)

by Kat | Jan 24, 2021 | Grow, Life, Spring—Kōanga, Top posts

How I fell in love with and acquired a new native plant for my collection.

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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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