Garden time
A bed-by-bed tour of the winter vege garden.
Garlic growing 2021: the experiments
Each year I experiment with new garlic varieties to see if they’re worth adding to my “garlic collection”. This year I’m trying 3: Russian Red, Spanish Red, and Kakanui.
The lazy woman’s garden
I’m getting lazy and spending less time in the garden. But we’re still harvesting fresh food regularly. How? I’m letting nature do the gardening for me.
Everything I know about planting garlic
Everything I’ve learned about getting a successful garlic harvest in the ground.
Garlic harvest 2020
Now the garlic is out of the ground, I take a look at how I did this year.
How does the garden grow?
A spring update from the garden.
A buttload of mulch
I got an offer I couldn’t refuse: a giant ball of mouldy hay.
The garlic bed
An update on how the garlic is growing, and how you can help your own crop do well this year.
Growing garlic
A little history about my love-affair with growing garlic, and a peek into the future.
Garlic bread
A simple garlic and herb bread recipe.
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.
