Citrus care guide
A guide to citrus care and common citrus problems in Aotearoa New Zealand.
December in the garden
The most important tasks for December in your garden.
Improving soils organically
A deep dive into everything you need to know about your garden’s soils and improving them naturally.
Worm farming
A deep dive into all things worm farming.
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 tools and equipment inside my yellow gardening bucket.
Everything I know about looking after garlic
My main crops are half way through the season and I’m working on setting them up for good bulb growth in the next couple of months.
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
I decided to get a soil test done on my garden. This week, I’m taking soil samples and sending them away to the lab.
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.
