THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Knowing what we value is a good way of setting boundaries, whether in your personal life or your business. I …
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 …
Plant Trees With Ecosia
This came to our attention about a year ago. But we’ve only just realised we hadn’t told enough people about it! Ecosia. A search engine that plants trees, every time you use it. How amazing is that? Helping the planet green up each and every time you search for something. We think it is just as good as Google for most things you need to search for (please don’t send me your search items it couldn’t find. Your private searches are your own.) Plus, it takes you away from giving information (and so more power) to Google. Something some of …
The Barn Garden Book By Tom Stuart-Smith
Note: SOLD! We have a copy of the book ‘The Barn Garden’ by Tom Stuart Smith here, for sale. It has some great review on Amazon and is his own account, with photos, of how he came to make his own garden. No ‘blousy’ peonies or kniphofias (although there was a time he had them in his borders) because he wanted a garden that belonged to the landscape. He writes beautifully and often leaves the reader with tantalising notes on certain plants – like keeping the plants that come from tough, dry environments in nature free of additional fertiliser. …