Growing food from kitchen scraps
You don’t need to buy seeds to start growing food. Your weekly grocery shop is full of ways to get your garden pumping.
Tidying up the catnip
A peek behind-the-scenes at how I grow wickedly-strong catnip.
May in the garden
As the weather turns cooler, there’s still a few jobs to keep you busy in the garden.
The best-laid plans
Find out what I’ve got planned for the 2024-25 growing season in my garden.
Aglio e olio with green garlic
A quick and simple dish that every garlic grower should know!
Five easy-care edible flowers for your garden
Some edible flowers you can get easily established in your garden.
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.
Vegetables that pay off
All things considered, what vegetables deliver the best returns on investment in the garden?
Five things I did this week
It’s been an unexpectedly dry week, so we got some things done.
Garlic and rosemary salt
I’m always looking for ways to use and store my garlic. Garlic salt is one of my favourites. The addition of rosemary really makes it pop!
An update on the Square Foot Garden
A few months ago I revealed my plans for a square foot garden. So, how are those plans going?
The spring garden
A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.
Square foot gardening
Low rainfall in summer each year means my garden always suffers. This year, I’m planning to share our water with one bed that really pumps… and grows everything.
How to grow ginger (Zingibar officiale)
A surprisingly simple and satisfying little crop to grow. Find out how to take a small piece from the supermarket and turn it into a year’s supply of ginger!
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).
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.
