Smoking paprika
My paprika crop is maturing and it’s time to get creative with it!
A real look at the garden
An honest look around my garden beds and how they are doing right now.
Home-grown peanut butter
After 3 years and many, many hours of work, I finally get to sit down to my own home-grown, home-made peanut butter.
Boiled peanuts
Our third peanut harvest is our biggest so far; so I had the chance to try boiled peanuts for the first time. I am a fan.
Growing paprika
Paprika is made from specific varieties of capsicum, and this summer, I grew and processed my own.
The best-laid plans
Find out what I’ve got planned for the 2024-25 growing season in my garden.
Seed saving
A deep dive into how to save money by saving seeds from your garden.
Summer update
A few of the things I’ve been up to over my summer break.
My first peanut harvest
My first peanut harvest is in!
Five things I did this week
It’s been an unexpectedly dry week, so we got some things done.
It’shallot of shallots
Shallots are one of the easiest things I grow in my garden, with an excellent rate of return.
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.
My brilliant broccoli
This year my broccoli has really pumped. Here’s what I did, and what I learned along the way.
Walking to the mailbox
Some observations and musings on a long, mostly-up hill walk.
Lurverly luffas
The story of my failure to grow very many luffas.
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.
