Citrus care guide
Everything you need to know about caring for citrus in New Zealand. When and what to fertilise with, sprays, pruning, and common pests and disease.
Canning lemonade syrup
When life gives you too many lemons, can the lemonade for a sunnier day. Preserves a citrus glut for months.
4 things to consider before buying fruit trees
You’ve finally got a place to plant fruit trees—but there’s dozens at the garden centre! Which one do you buy?
Citrus meringue pie
A light, deceptively simple dessert that works with lemons, limes, or whatever citrus is looking good right now.
Citrus update
A round-up of how our little collection of citrus is growing.
Lazarus lemons
I’ve owned this lemon tree since it was a tiny stick. I’ve not always treated it very well, but now it’s living its best life.
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.
