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Growing food from kitchen scraps

Growing food from kitchen scraps

by Kat | Apr 12, 2026 | Grow, Pandemic Gardening, Spring—Kōanga, Summer—Raumati

You don’t need to buy seeds to start growing food. Your weekly grocery shop is full of ways to get your garden pumping.

May in the garden

May in the garden

by Kat | May 4, 2025 | Gardening calendar, Grow

Winter planting begins, and it’s time to start tidying up your patch from the summer months.

March in the garden

March in the garden

by Kat | Mar 2, 2025 | Gardening calendar, Grow

Planting begins for cooler months and harvest continues for summer crops. Time to prune the stone fruit too.

October in the garden

October in the garden

by Kat | Oct 6, 2024 | Gardening calendar, Grow

It’s heating up this month and there’s plenty to get growing in the garden!

September in the garden

September in the garden

by Kat | Sep 1, 2024 | Gardening calendar, Grow

Heading into spring the garden jobs begin to build up. Find out what needs doing in September.

August in the garden

August in the garden

by Kat | Aug 4, 2024 | Gardening calendar, Grow

We’re at the tail-end of winter rolling towards spring, and things are heating back up.

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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.

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