THE MODERN MINT BLOG
As organic gardeners we thought you may be interested to know where you can buy organically grown, bee-friendly bulbs here …
For Those Of You Know We Love A Gin & Tonic….
For those people who have followed this blog closely enough to have seen our 2017 updates about the best gin and tonic, we have found this rather odd complimentary product on the BBC…. GIN AND YOGHURT. TOGETHER. Really. We know. Gin and YOGHURT! Ridiculous. But then these food consultants (development chefs?) are suggesting there is more to come. We get Heston Blumenthal doing some wonderful things, but do you really trust Sainsbury’s with your food? When Heston Blumenthal makes a weird mixture of a dish, it is so expensive – which is appropriate – because then it becomes an event. You …
New Book By Sally Nex, Garden Writer
Sally Nex is a writer at The Garden magazine, the Guardian, Grow Your Own magazine as well as teaching at the online My Gardening School. We met her via Twitter and through emails a few years ago – and she is lovely. Her writing too is always interesting, worth a read. Sally gardens in Somerset, on an acre of land, where she says she battles the brambles and also looks after chickens and a flock of Dorset Down rare breed sheep. And now she has a new book coming out, based on Growing Your Own for Self Sufficiency. Published by …
Our Favourite Tweets From The Earth Friendly Gardener
As you know by now, we are big fans of John Walker, the earth friendly gardener. He writes: Fantastic Books Excellently Researched Blog Posts And Tweets Quite A Bit Too! Here is a small selection of his most recent tweets. Do give him a follow! Interesting project cultivating meadow habitat in urban Oslo – plus the biodiversity and skills that come with it… https://t.co/PwO1yuk7JN — Judith Conroy (@JCGardener) September 3, 2017 Tough to quit #plastic if you’re a #gardener in the UK. Big #Gardening routinely drowns us in the stuff & few signs of it abating. https://t.co/bvBpDr0N9P — John Walker …