THE MODERN MINT BLOG

Jan24

Climate Emergency? Machynlleth? Yes! Yes! & Yes!

This story about Machynlleth declaring itself a town that wants to become carbon zero, is so worth a read. Climate Emergency. It Is A Thing! We have spoken about reducing your carbon footprint, through your garden, before. Have a read here too, about using your garden to capture carbon. And you can make a HUGE DIFFERENCE by changing your energy supplier, starting here with Bulb, a green energy provider.  

Jan14

Plastic ‘Dalek’ Compost Bin

Plastic ‘dalek’ compost bins. Peppered through the gardens in our country as a free gift from the councils. My guess is they gave out these bins because they wanted people to compost more, saving them money as they would have to take away less garden waste. Thinking to be applauded, right? But is there a design flaw in them and has it put people off making their own compost? The Great Reviews For A ‘Dalek’ Compost Bin Here is the one I mean… The ‘Dalek’ bin. They call it a compost converter online. It is made from recycled plastic, so that …

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Jan14

Why I Started Modern Mint

Why I Started Modern Mint I always loved working outside and especially working with trees. I still get a thrill, even now, when planting them. But it was only in 2014 when I moved from Hampshire to Essex that I began to shape and express the values I thought important enough to garden by – the ‘no chemicals’ rule, the recycling of resources, the increasing of life… My move to garden here in Essex, in the driest part of the UK, became the perfect opportunity to start again and share these ideas with people interested in the spaces and landscapes they live in. Modern Mint. The Place …

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