Caring for garlic
Avoiding rust, fertilising, mulching, and harvesting scapes. Everything you need to get your garlic through the season, to a good harvest.
Everything I know about planting garlic
When to plant garlic in New Zealand depends on your garden’s climate. Here’s what nearly a decade of growing in the Far North has taught me.
Preparing for a cyclone
A look into what we do to prepare when the warning comes.
Growing peanuts in New Zealand
What I’ve learned about growing peanuts over the last three seasons.
May in the garden
Winter planting begins, and it’s time to start tidying up your patch from the summer months.
65 Hours Without Power
Cyclone Tam roared through the country last week, and the fallout took a while to settle.
April in the garden
Establishing winter brassica, securing seed garlic, tiding up strawberries, and harvesting pip fruit.
The Vespex sting
Vespula wasp numbers have exploded at our place this year, so it was time to run a poison operation with Vespex.
March in the garden
Planting begins for cooler months and harvest continues for summer crops. Time to prune the stone fruit too.
February in the garden
Summer crops come in thick and need storing. Seed saving for next year begins while your earlier plantings continue.
January in the garden
In January, the biggest task is usually dealing with pests. Also, planting leeks.
December in the garden
Last chance to plant most summer crops. Time to harvest garlic, berries, and potatoes.
November in the garden
It’s full-steam ahead on all your fresh summer faves.
October in the garden
It’s heating up this month and there’s plenty to get growing in the garden!
September in the garden
Heading into spring the garden jobs begin to build up. Find out what needs doing in September.
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.
