THE MODERN MINT BLOG

Apr15

Capture Carbon In Your Front Garden

residential front garden

I was asked recently whether I could give advice on how to use a small front garden to capture carbon. A great question and certainly one worth answering. So if you are keen to reduce your environmental impact, and have a little front garden space that you can transform, read on below for a few bits of advice – I hope it helps you make a beautiful front garden that improves the landscape, the air quality, the planet and the joy in the lives of everyone who walks past it! Carbon Capture In The Front Garden Using your front garden as a carbon sink …

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Apr14

Top Tips For Topiary – Writing For The EBTS

Top Tips For Topiary – my blog about pruning for the European Boxwood And Topiary Society, is now up on their website and ready to be absorbed by you wonderful pruners! I’ve also written them a long piece on the Best Plants for Topiary. Wow. I have been busy in lockdown…. And as if that isn’t enough (it is more than enough really, but somehow I’m going to force more down you…) here below are more top tips for topiary. Bonus tips, if you like… Go visit the EBTS website for the original post, or read on below to get …

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Apr13

How To Combat Boxwood Caterpillar

Boxwood Caterpillar is here again! For ideas in the easiest way to deal with it, read on below… and please do share with your keen gardening friends and horticultural societies, so that everyone can keep an eye out for these pesky leaf muchers!   If you need help with your topiary, go here.