Pest management
The pest-control is getting an upgrade around here.
The Vespex sting
Vespula wasp numbers have exploded at our place this year, so it was time to run a poison operation with Vespex.
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.
January in the garden
In January, the biggest task is usually dealing with pests. Also, planting leeks.
Paper wasps in New Zealand
Polistes paper wasps are introduced pests in New Zealand gardens. Or are they?
White Cabbage Butterfly
Are green caterpillars destroying your brassicas? Here’s every trick from organic to toxic to rid yourself of white cabbage butterfly.
Banana farmin
We are officially eating our own home-grown bananas!!
Cloche hoops
We use a few different cloche hoops are an invaluable tool in the garden. A look at what we use and how it holds up.
Piggy grumps
What do you do when a pig gets into your garden? Well, I have a bit of experience with that one…
The complicated tale of Bunbun
When a cat brings you a healthy baby rabbit, what do you do?
Lurverly luffas
The story of my failure to grow very many luffas.
Lockdown week three: Some updates
A whole lot of updates on things I’ve blogged about before.
Controlling garden pests
Slugs in the seedlings, caterpillars in the kale? How to spot the usual garden pest suspects and deal with them naturally.
Animal tales
A collection of short stories about the animals on our lifestyle block.
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.
