Rating grow kits
Putting five commercial growing kits to the test. Does an actual gardener think grow kits are worth the money for learning about gardening?
Green banana flour
An experiment in making a prodigious banana harvest last longer. More useful than expected, with some caveats
Smoking paprika
A bumper paprika crop means it’s time to make one of my best decisions so far and smoke it.
Summer garden plans
The plans I’ve got for my garden over the summer of 2025-26.
Growing peanuts in New Zealand
What I’ve learned about growing peanuts over the last three seasons.
Home-grown peanut butter
Three years of growing peanuts came down to this. Home-grown, home-made peanut butter. Was it worth it?
Boiled peanuts
Hands-down the tastiest and easiest way to eat your home-grown peanut crop.
Growing paprika
Paprika is made from specific varieties of capsicum, and this summer, I grew and processed my own.
The second peanut harvest
Results from my second season growing peanuts.
Kat’s Nip Fluffy Balls
A new product has joined the Kat’s Nip range.
Canning lemonade syrup
When life gives you too many lemons, can the lemonade for a sunnier day. Preserves a citrus glut for months.
In-ground worm farming
Installing some new worm farms directly in the garden to continuously improve a poorly-performing garden bed.
The International Year of Millets
The UN has declared 2023 the International Year of Millets, so I tried growing some millet.
My first peanut harvest
My first peanut harvest is in!
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.
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.
