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Your permission to kill plants

Your permission to kill plants

by Kat | Sep 13, 2026 | Grow, Learn, Life

Every gardener at every skill level kills plants. It’s not because you suck at gardening, but how you respond when a plant dies, matters.

Poor peanut performance

Poor peanut performance

by Kat | Apr 5, 2026 | Life

Turns out, peanuts don’t much love being ignored for the entire growing season.

Growing past my biggest failure

Growing past my biggest failure

by Kat | Jun 26, 2022 | Life

Last year, my garlic crop failed big and hard. This year, I’m nervous and more subdued about planting again.

Lurverly luffas

Lurverly luffas

by Kat | Apr 19, 2020 | Life

The story of my failure to grow very many luffas.

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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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