Upgrading the garden paths
There’s a secret under your feet when you walk through my garden, and it’s quietly improving our soils.
March in the garden
Planting begins for cooler months and harvest continues for summer crops. Time to prune the stone fruit too.
Four reasons to dig up your compost bin
When was the last time you lifted up your compost bin to see what it’s been up to? What will you find if you do?
Improving soils organically
What is healthy soil? And what is organic matter? Learn the basics of soil and how to improve yours using the resources you have at hand.
Giving up on garlic
The first half of this year’s garlic is up, and the results are… not great.
5 things I did in the last fortnight
A round up of what I’ve been up to in the garden over the last couple of weeks.
Planting trees
Any day you get to plant a tree is a good day. And I’ve planted 96 trees so far this month.
Planting comfrey under fruit trees
Organic farmers know comfrey as a ‘dynamic accumulator’ – bringing deeply buried nutrients to the surface to feed my fruit trees.
Winter gardening in the Far North
It’s time to tidy the strawberries, plant garlic, and prepare for potatoes.
In-ground worm farming
Installing some new worm farms directly in the garden to continuously improve a poorly-performing garden bed.
Getting over garden overwhelm
Gaining a focus on turning around the garden for another season.
A mid-season update on the garlic
After last year’s disaster season, how is the garlic growing in 2022?
Resetting the worm farm
The worm farm is full and ready for a re-set! This week I emptied our worm farm all out, then filled it back up again.
The value of the bush
Musings on what value we place on our native forest remnants.
Cooking in compost
A big compost pile generates serious heat. Enough to cook a steak. Yes, really.
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.
