Growing food from kitchen scraps
You don’t need to buy seeds to start growing food. Your weekly grocery shop is full of ways to get your garden pumping.
Hoarding and homesteading
Choosing the things that spark joy.
The second peanut harvest
Results from my second season growing peanuts.
August in the garden
We’re at the tail-end of winter rolling towards spring, and things are heating back up.
Seed saving
A deep dive into how to save money by saving seeds from your garden.
Square foot gardening
Low rainfall in summer each year means my garden always suffers. This year, I’m planning to share our water with one bed that really pumps… and grows everything.
5 veges you can grow without screwing up
My top-5 most fool-proof vegetables that anyone can grow?
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.
Lockdown week one: giving thanks
A reflection on what I’m grateful for at the start of an unprecidented 4+ week nationwide lockdown.
9 things to grow in a pandemic
In the middle of a pandemic, what can you grow to keep you and your family fed and healthy this winter?
Should I buy seeds, or seedlings?
When should you use seeds, and when can you get away with a few seedlings?
Sowing seeds for transplant
Need to get some seeds growing indoors in trays? Here’s some tips from my garden.
Pricking out seedlings
Between sowing seeds in trays, and transplanting them outdoors, they need pricking out. Find out what that means and how to do it.
Direct-sowing guide
Direct sowing is spreading seed in the place you want to grow it. This is the best way of getting good results for some crops. Find out which ones!
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.
