Poor peanut performance
Turns out, peanuts don’t much love being ignored for the entire growing season.
The dangers of weeding
Gardening isn’t all butterflies and rainbows. And even when it is, that isn’t always a good thing.
A real look at the garden
An honest look around my garden beds and how they are doing right now.
Summer garden plans
The plans I’ve got for my garden over the summer of 2025-26.
Growing peanuts in New Zealand
What I’ve learned about growing peanuts over the last three seasons.
Home-grown peanut butter
Three years of growing peanuts came down to this. Home-grown, home-made peanut butter. Was it worth it?
Weekly diary
A look at a random winter’s week in my life.
Boiled peanuts
Hands-down the tastiest and easiest way to eat your home-grown peanut crop.
December in the garden
Last chance to plant most summer crops. Time to harvest garlic, berries, and potatoes.
November in the garden
It’s full-steam ahead on all your fresh summer faves.
The best-laid plans
Find out what I’ve got planned for the 2024-25 growing season in my garden.
The second peanut harvest
Results from my second season growing peanuts.
Summer update
A few of the things I’ve been up to over my summer break.
5 things I did in the last fortnight
A round up of what I’ve been up to in the garden over the last couple of weeks.
My first peanut harvest
My first peanut harvest is in!
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.
