Berryhouse 2026
The annual update on the state of our Trade Tested tunnel house, and the struggles I’m facing heading into another summer.
Planting The Sinking Gully
Completing the native planting for 2026 in an attempt to save a patch of erosion-prone land.
A bit of a pickle
Technology goes a little haywire and Kat does her best.
Planning Kat’s Garden with Kat’s Garden Guide
This year’s garden planning also involved writing a book to make it easier for all Kiwis to plan and maintain their vegetable gardens.
Maybe she’s born for it
A lifetime of experience, and over six generations of gardeners who came before me. Exploring how my roots made me the gardener I am today.
Power tools and perimenopause: the case for going electric
Battery-powered tools have become essential in my garden. Here’s why, and why they’re worth considering in your garden too.
Caring for garlic
Avoiding rust, fertilising, mulching, and harvesting scapes. Everything you need to get your garlic through the season, to a good harvest.
The sinking gully
We’ve noticed something sinister happening in one of our paddocks, and we’ve come up with a plan.
The lost fence post
The post was abandoned, but the fencing project was not.
Green banana flour
An experiment in making a prodigious banana harvest last longer. More useful than expected, with some caveats
Surprise cows
We weren’t expecting them, but surprise! We have a new herd of cows.
Preparing for a cyclone
A look into what we do to prepare when the warning comes.
Poor peanut performance
Turns out, peanuts don’t much love being ignored for the entire growing season.
The dangers of weeding
Gardening isn’t all butterflies and rainbows. And even when it is, that isn’t always a good thing.
Smoking paprika
A bumper paprika crop means it’s time to make one of my best decisions so far and smoke it.
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.
