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.
November in the garden
It’s full-steam ahead on all your fresh summer faves.
The best-laid plans
Find out what I’ve got planned for the 2024-25 growing season in my garden.
End of season update on the Square Foot Garden
A round up of what went right (and too right!) in the Square Foot Garden this season.
An update on the Square Foot Garden
A few months ago I revealed my plans for a square foot garden. So, how are those plans going?
The spring garden
A seasonal tour of the garden: bed-by-bed.
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.
Things I wish I knew when I had a container garden
A decade ago, I started on my gardening journey in a collection of pots on an inner-city balcony. Here are the things I wish I knew then.
Tomatogeddon
The garden has started going bonkers. I’ve currently got an avalanche of tomatoes going on – in May.
Lockdown week two: feeling down, gardening anyway
During the second week of lockdown, I’m feeling my anxiety creep back up. But I know being in my garden helps.
Learning to love my garden (again)
The garden is finally turning into something I’m happy with!
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.
