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
Winter planting begins, and it’s time to start tidying up your patch from the summer months.
The best-laid plans
Find out what I’ve got planned for the 2024-25 growing season in my garden.
July in the garden
Winter might be upon us, but there’s still plenty to do in the garden.
Aglio e olio with green garlic
The simplest and most satisfying thing to do with fresh green garlic. Every garlic grower should know this one.
Five easy-care edible flowers for your garden
Some edible flowers you can get easily established in your garden. Ready and fresh for any special occasion.
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.
It’s raining, it’s pouring
I love rain, but I’m running out of clothes and I need to mow the lawns.
Garlic and rosemary salt
Home-grown garlic salt with rosemary. One of the best ways to store and use a garlic harvest.
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.
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.
