Smoking paprika
My paprika crop is maturing and it’s time to get creative with it!
Growing paprika
Paprika is made from specific varieties of capsicum, and this summer, I grew and processed my own.
In-ground worm farming
This week I installed some new worm farms directly in the garden.
Testing the coffee beans
After a recent workshop to learn how to process my own coffee, I put my own coffee beans to the test.
Planting peanuts
I’m feeling more on top of things in the garden, so I’m growing something new.
Coffee fruit!
The coffee trees have started fruiting!
Baby chickens!
There’s some new arrivals in our flock!
The dreaded garlic rust
One of the worst things that could happen to a garlic grower has struck us this year: rust. So, what will I do?
How to grow ginger (Zingibar officiale)
A surprisingly simple and satisfying little crop to grow. Find out how to take a small piece from the supermarket and turn it into a year’s supply of ginger!
Cooking in compost
In my garden, there is a big compost pile generating a whole lot of heat. So I tried cooking in compost – and it worked!
Strawberry fields forever
My imagination ran away without me and now I have incredible strawberry beds.
Lurverly luffas
The story of my failure to grow very many luffas.
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.
