A real look at the garden
An honest look around my garden beds and how they are doing right now.
Upgrading the garden paths
There’s a secret under your feet when you walk through my garden.
Summer update
A few of the things I’ve been up to over my summer break.
Befores and afters
A look at how far we’ve come since we purchased The Outpost.
Five things I did this week
It’s been an unexpectedly dry week, so we got some things done.
Spraying gorses
Gorse is an unfortunate reality of owning farmland in New Zealand. This week I got out and sprayed some.
Five things I did this summer
A catch-up looking at the things I’ve been up to over the summer break.
The spring garden
A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.
Everything I know about looking after garlic
My main crops are half way through the season and I’m working on setting them up for good bulb growth in the next couple of months.
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.
Fixing the orchard
How our neglected and overgrown orchard gained redemption.
A buttload of mulch
I got an offer I couldn’t refuse: a giant ball of mouldy hay.
Lockdown week two: feeling down, gardening anyway
During the second week of lockdown, I’m feeling my anxiety creep back up. But I know being in my garden helps.
A proliferation of pineapples
Life really gave us pineapples this week.
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.
