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Smoking paprika

Smoking paprika

by Kat | Mar 22, 2026 | Autumn gardening, Blog, Gardening Advice, Recipes

My paprika crop is maturing and it’s time to get creative with it!

Home-grown peanut butter

Home-grown peanut butter

by Kat | Aug 10, 2025 | Blog, Recipes

After 3 years and many, many hours of work, I finally get to sit down to my own home-grown, home-made peanut butter.

Growing paprika

Growing paprika

by Kat | Mar 23, 2025 | Blog, Summer gardening

Paprika is made from specific varieties of capsicum, and this summer, I grew and processed my own.

The hypothetical house cow

The hypothetical house cow

by Kat | Feb 9, 2025 | Blog

Dairy prices are rising again, so I’m beginning to wonder if I should bring production in-house…

The second peanut harvest

The second peanut harvest

by Kat | Aug 18, 2024 | Blog, Winter gardening

Results from my second season growing peanuts.

Testing the coffee beans

Testing the coffee beans

by Kat | Feb 26, 2023 | Blog, Gardening Advice, Summer gardening

After a recent workshop to learn how to process my own coffee, I put my own coffee beans to the test.

Coffee fruit!

Coffee fruit!

by Kat | May 1, 2022 | Blog

The coffee trees have started fruiting!

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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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