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Growing food from kitchen scraps

Growing food from kitchen scraps

by Kat | Apr 12, 2026 | Autumn gardening, Blog, Gardening Advice, Gardening basics, Pandemic Gardening, Spring gardening, Summer gardening, Winter gardening

You don’t need to buy seeds to start growing food. Your weekly grocery shop is full of ways to get your garden pumping.

Smoking paprika

Smoking paprika

by Kat | Mar 22, 2026 | Autumn gardening, Blog, Gardening Advice, Recipes

My paprika crop is maturing and it’s time to get creative with it!

Growing paprika

Growing paprika

by Kat | Mar 23, 2025 | Blog, Summer gardening

Paprika is made from specific varieties of capsicum, and this summer, I grew and processed my own.

Apple crumble

Apple crumble

by Kat | Apr 9, 2023 | Blog, Recipes

My favourite way to use our apple harvest.

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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.

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