THE MODERN MINT BLOG
My new talk for 2019 ‘A Very British Garden’ has now been given to a few garden clubs in the …
Creature Candy – Helping Nature In The UK
Just a quick note to let you know about this lovely company – Creature Candy. We have some of their tea towels and think they do some beautiful designs, all inspired by nature. Lizzie, who started the company, is very lovely and you should definitely go check out their products and support them. The first reason, as I said, because the items you can buy are great. But also…. Because Creature Candy was started to raise awareness for declining wildlife species here in the UK. We are talking bats, bumblebees and even the red squirrel – amazing work! 10% of …
Box Tree Moth Trap – Green Gardener
It is quickly coming up to spring and worth checking your boxwood plants in the next month or so for box tree moth and caterpillar. You can read more about how I dealt with it last year in a garden in Essex here: Dealing With Boxwood Moth & Caterpillar If you want a trap to reduce the population of breeding males (and why wouldn’t you want to do that to reduce the damage caused by this pest?) then you can get a trap from The Green Gardener. Get 10% off by using this code from The European Boxwood & Topiary Society …
Rosybee: Results Of Her Best Plants For Bees Study
Rosybee, the brilliant plant nursery in Oxford who focus on plants for bees, have published the results of their studies. After 5 years of testing plants and counting honeybees you can see the top performers here… Best Plants For Bees Study We interviews Rosi, the owner of Rosybee nursery years back when she started. Do take a read as it offers great advice on the thought that went towards making life as easy as possible for a start-up nursery. Especially one with such an important mission! Interview With Rosybee As you can see, the top plants for the honeybee are …