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.
Winter gardening in the Far North
It’s time to tidy the strawberries, plant garlic, and prepare for potatoes.
The pursuit of self-sufficiency
We’ve been here a while, so how close are we to being self-sufficient?
My happy place
3 years ago I wrote about my frustration at my new garden. Today, it is my happy place.
Vegetables that pay off
All things considered, what vegetables deliver the best returns on investment in the garden?
Gran Shirley’s Sally Lunn
We’ve got too many potatoes so I’m looking for new ways to use them. Turns out, my Gran had a delicious way around a potato glut.
Harvesting and storing potatoes
We eat a lot of potatoes, so we grow a lot of potatoes. Here’s how we harvest and store them to feed us through winter.
The Little Free Mobile Garden Centre
This year I had a a quiet moment of inspiration that spun into something really quite special at Christmas.
Five things I did this week
What on earth do I do all week? Well, here’s five things I did this week.
The spring garden
A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.
Planting potatoes
Potatoes can be planted as soon as the last frosts pass. Find out what to do now to great crop next season!
Down the garden path
Paths are a perhaps overlooked, at yet very important part of the garden. Here’s a look at my trials (and errors).
Garden time
A bed-by-bed tour of the winter vege garden.
The lazy woman’s garden
I’m getting lazy and spending less time in the garden. But we’re still harvesting fresh food regularly. How? I’m letting nature do the gardening for me.
5 veges you can grow without screwing up
My top-5 most fool-proof vegetables that anyone can grow?
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.
