Kath Irvine

If you want your garden to feed you through winter, now's the time to get prepping. Brassicas like Broccoli need three months to grow, so need to be planted, and it's a perfect time to make compost… Audio

Edible Backyard gardener Kath Irvine is evangelical about the benefits of homemade compost. It's tempting to just buy a bag, but she reckons making your own is the secret to a bountiful and healthy… Audio

Tomatoes are a favourite backyard crop but can be tricky to grow. Organic gardener Kath Irvine shares her tips. Audio

Summer fruits such as grapes, currants and berries are at the stage where they need care and attention to ensure an abundant harvest. Tackling pests and diseases, thinning fruit trees, and feeding are… Audio

Spring has well and truely sprung, and it's time to get busy in the garden. Growing your own seedlings is satisfying and a great way to save some money. Nomad gardener and The Edible Backyard author… Audio

Nomad gardener and The Edible Backyard author Kath Irvine is back with some winter wisdom including why knowing where winter sun falls is the secret to year round success, plus how to avoid a soggy… Audio

Nomad gardener and The Edible Backyard author Kath Irvine has parked up the house truck and settled down for winter in Golden Bay. Audio

Nomad gardener and The Edible Backyard author Kath Irvine is reporting in from a campground in Otepoti where she's been attending the Wild Dunedin New Zealand Festival of Nature. Audio

Since we last heard from gardener and The Edible Backyard author Kath Irvine, she's uprooted and hit the road in a 12 metre long house truck. She's got some some tips on how to revive soil ravaged by… Audio

Organic gardener Kath Irvine returns to share some winter gardening tips and to answer your questions. Audio

Organic gardener Kath Irvine returns to share some autumn gardening tips and to answer your questions,. This is a time in the garden for both harvesting and preparing for winter. Kath shares some… Audio

Organic gardener Kath Irvine returns to share some tips around gardening this summer and to answer your questions. Audio

Organic gardener Kath Irvine returns to share some tips around spring gardening and to answer your questions. This week her topics include building your own compost and ensuring healthy citrus trees.

Horowhenua-based organic gardener Kath Irvine is passionate about the value of homegrown food - and the key, she says, is to keep it really simple. For her new book The Edible Backyard, Irvine… Audio

Otaki-based organic gardener, Kath Irvine has been growing all the vegetables to feed her family of 6 for a couple of decades now. She joins Kathryn Ryan for advice to prepare for when the season… Audio, Gallery

Kath Irvine is a permaculture designer and has been designing and managing edible gardens since the late 1990s. She runs a series of workshops from her permaculture home garden, called Edible… Audio