Preparing for a cyclone
A look into what we do to prepare when the warning comes.
Garlic harvest 2025
Results from my much-smaller 2025 garlic crop.
Going back to growing garlic
And so it begins again.
65 Hours Without Power
Cyclone Tam roared through the country last week, and the fallout took a while to settle.
Giving up on garlic
The first half of this year’s garlic is up, and the results are… not great.
Growing past my biggest failure
Last year, my garlic crop failed big and hard. This year, I’m nervous and more subdued about planting again.
Why our wetland is important
One of our paddocks was once a very valuable ecosystem. I’ve got plans to return it to its former glory.
We’ve finally arrived
Some thoughts on the overwhelming tasks ahead of us on our new property.
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.
