THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Do I Really Hate Lawns?
Lawns? Huh! Yea…. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Ok, that is not quite right. I’ve just bastardised the …
Christmas Presents For Gardeners
Struggling to find a gift that is actually decent, for the gardener or garden lover in your life? Here are some ideas that, I hope, tap into what a gardener really will appreciate… rather than the tut you might get in M & S (I’m looking with angry, disappointed eyes at you, M & S copper plated trowel that you can purchase for not much money that looks good but lasts for no time and is a pile of dog mess to use…. to put it lightly….) Our tools – snips, secateurs, Diggy Diggy trowel, slug-repellant trowel, shears. Okay, okay …
Modern Mint: What We Value
Knowing what we value is a good way of setting boundaries, whether in your personal life or your business. I realised I needed to simplify things here at Modern Mint. We will have been running for 5 years (where did the time go!) in February 2019, but for the first 3 years Chloe, Stefano and I literally ran around doing everything. We were all things to all people. And we weren’t happy. It was exhausting! So we stopped. Took a step back and listened to the advice we gave others who asked what it was like to run a business …
Why Young People Don’t Garden
I get asked this a lot. “Why do young people not garden? How come we cannot get younger people to come and inject new life into our garden club?” I believe the answer is a simple one. They don’t have the space. Houses are getting smaller, land per square metre is expensive and most new developments seem to put more and more living spaces into land that use to be used as a garden. Learning to garden is about being practical. Try something, see what works, fail, try again the next season. If you don’t have the space, you will …