The dreaded garlic rust
One of the worst things that could happen to a garlic grower has struck us this year: rust. So, what will I do?
Down the garden path
Paths are a perhaps overlooked, at yet very important part of the garden. Here’s a look at my trials (and errors).
Garden time
A bed-by-bed tour of the winter vege garden.
The lazy woman’s garden
Spending less time in the garden, and still harvesting from it by letting nature do the gardening for me.
Piggy grumps
What do you do when a pig gets into your garden? Well, I have a bit of experience with that one…
How does the garden grow?
A spring update from the first year in our new garden.
The garlic bed
An update on how the garlic is growing, and how you can help your own crop do well this year.
Strawberry fields forever
My imagination ran away without me and now I have incredible strawberry beds.
Interpreting my soil test
What do the numbers on a soil test actually mean? How I interpreted mine, including macro and micro-nutrients, and what I’m doing about it.
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.
Lockdown week three: Some updates
A whole lot of updates on things I’ve blogged about before.
Animal tales
A collection of short stories about the animals on our lifestyle block.
Slow burn
A new garden takes time to build and grow, and that’s a little frustrating to me.
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.
