Planting poplars
Using poplar branches pruned off our driveway, we make a start on this year’s planting and restoration project.
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.
Pruning fruit trees
Everything you need to know about pruning stone and pip fruit trees: equipment, technique, tree shapes, and the golden rules.
Garden planning with GardenBox 3D
Creating a map of my garden using GardenBox 3D, and how I’m using it to plan my upcoming gardening adventures.
5 tips for tidying up your bananas
Practical tips for maintaining a banana clump. Hard-learned lessons from someone who’s ruined a t-shirt.
Sweating with Pride: The fences project
We’re out sweating on the paddocks, clearing off the grass and gorse.
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.
Cleaning up my rusty tools
It’s pruning season but my tools are rusty and I can’t afford new ones. So I tried cleaning them up with vinegar.
Tidying my garden shed
My garden shed is (once again) a mess! Time to tidy it up.
Spraying gorses
Gorse is an unfortunate reality of owning farmland in New Zealand. This week I got out and sprayed some.
Fencing folly
Simultaneously the most boring, difficult, and utterly necessary bit of owning a farm.
Planting leeks
It’s time to plant leeks! There’s a bit of a trick to harvesting a good leek, so I thought I’d take a moment to show you how.
A trusted tool
When you own the equivalent of 5 city blocks, sometimes you can’t see what’s going on at the other end.
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.
