Citrus care guide
Everything you need to know about caring for citrus in New Zealand. When and what to fertilise with, sprays, pruning, and common pests and disease.
December in the garden
Last chance to plant most summer crops. Time to harvest garlic, berries, and potatoes.
Improving soils organically
What is healthy soil? And what is organic matter? Learn the basics of soil and how to improve yours using the resources you have at hand.
Worm farming
All you need to know about worm farming. From sourcing worms to harvesting vermicast. Works at any scale, including under your kitchen sink!
Banana farmin
We are officially eating our own home-grown bananas!!
Planting comfrey under fruit trees
Organic farmers know comfrey as a ‘dynamic accumulator’ – bringing deeply buried nutrients to the surface to feed my fruit trees.
The banana plantation
An update on the patch of bananas we planted back in December 2019.
Inside the gardening bucket
A look at the most-useful gardening tools and equipment in my gardening bucket.
Everything I know about looking after garlic
Setting the garlic up for good bulb growth.
A selection of limes
I’m up to 5 lime trees. Am I obsessed? How did I get here?
Planting leeks
It’s time to plant leeks! There’s a bit of a trick to harvesting a good leek, so I thought I’d take a moment to show you how.
Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knight’s Lily)
How I fell in love with and acquired a new native plant for my collection.
Taking soil samples
Taking soil samples and sending them away to the lab for a soil test.
My brilliant broccoli
This year my broccoli has really pumped. Here’s what I did, and what I learned along the way.
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.
