My happy place
3 years ago I wrote about my frustration at my new garden. Today, it is my happy place.
Manual of the New Zealand Flora
How do you learn to see the trees for the forest? You look closer. And then you look closer again. And again.
Trees that count
Last week I went on a planting spree and we got 70 native trees into the soil.
My brilliant broccoli
This year my broccoli has really pumped. Here’s what I did, and what I learned along the way.
Return of the garden center
On the first day of Level 2, I made a trip to the one place I missed most: the garden center.
Walking to the mailbox
Some observations and musings on a long, mostly-up hill walk.
Lockdown week three: Some updates
A whole lot of updates on things I’ve blogged about before.
How to learn how to grow stuff
So you want to learn to grow stuff? Here are my favourite gardening resources to follow and learn from.
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.
Lockdown week one: giving thanks
A reflection on what I’m grateful for at the start of an unprecidented 4+ week nationwide lockdown.
Controlling garden pests without visiting a garden centre
So you’ve planted a pandemic garden – and now the snails are attacking! What can you do without leaving your house?
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.
