Growing past my biggest failure
Last year, my garlic crop failed big and hard. This year, I’m nervous and more subdued about planting again.
Five things I did this summer
A catch-up looking at the things I’ve been up to over the summer break.
Garlic development
The garlic should be ready for harvest… but is it?
The spring garden
A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.
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?
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.
Garlic harvest 2020
Now the garlic is out of the ground, I take a look at how I did this year.
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.
Growing garlic
A little history about my love-affair with growing garlic, and a peek into the future.
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.
