Poor peanut performance
Turns out, peanuts don’t much love being ignored for the entire growing season.
Smoking paprika
A bumper paprika crop means it’s time to make one of my best decisions so far and smoke it.
A real look at the garden
An honest look around my garden beds and how they are doing right now.
Garlic harvest 2025
Results from my much-smaller 2025 garlic crop.
Summer garden plans
The plans I’ve got for my garden over the summer of 2025-26.
Growing peanuts in New Zealand
What I’ve learned about growing peanuts over the last three seasons.
Home-grown peanut butter
Three years of growing peanuts came down to this. Home-grown, home-made peanut butter. Was it worth it?
Going back to growing garlic
And so it begins again.
May in the garden
Winter planting begins, and it’s time to start tidying up your patch from the summer months.
Boiled peanuts
Hands-down the tastiest and easiest way to eat your home-grown peanut crop.
Growing paprika
Paprika is made from specific varieties of capsicum, and this summer, I grew and processed my own.
March in the garden
Planting begins for cooler months and harvest continues for summer crops. Time to prune the stone fruit too.
February in the garden
Summer crops come in thick and need storing. Seed saving for next year begins while your earlier plantings continue.
Hoarding and homesteading
Choosing the things that spark joy.
The best-laid plans
Find out what I’ve got planned for the 2024-25 growing season in my garden.
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.
