Kath Irvine: winter planting and chickens in the garden From Saturday Morning, 11:40 am on 2 July 2022 Organic gardener Kath Irvine returns to share some winter gardening tips and to answer your questions. As we move through Matariki and the shortest days, Kath’s main advice to gardeners? Keep planting! Irvine provides advice from […]
Boost Your Gardens Resilience This Winter
By | LastUpdated June 28, 2024
No matter what the weather does, thick carpets of self seeded leafy’s – endive, kale, parsley, perpetual beet, cress, rocket, chicory, chickweed – soldier on and save the day. Diversity is the name of the game! It’s what brings us dinner – no matter what the weather does. It is the cornerstone of our gardens […]
Listen to my Tree Pruning Interview on RNZ
By | LastUpdated April 1, 2023
Expert feature: Tree pruning with Kath Irvine From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 2 May 2022. Pruning season is fast approaching (Mid-winter) but for many people it can be a daunting task. Today’s expert is organic gardener Kath Irvine, who runs pruning workshops from her Horowhenua garden. She’s also written a book to guide beginners through […]
October in The Vegie Patch + Leaf Curl + Citrus + Magic Beans
By | LastUpdated October 1, 2021
Its so awesome to finally have my books out in the world. What an epic mission and sharp learning curve couriering 1000 books out in one hit! I’m amazed there’s been only a few mis labelled – thankyou Kath and Matt and Kate for willing to track your books down, esp Kath for stalking her […]
