THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Awhile back the internet and its web of click throughs led us to discover a relatively new farm right on …
Best Gardening Hat
The photo above has a truly international flavour – an Italian wearing a Brazilian gardening hat! Our very own Stefano posed for this shot last week in Chelmsford, Essex, surrounded by the beautiful flower heads of Stipa gigantea (a plant that has an exotic travelling history itself, being found growing wild in Southern Spain and into Morocco…) He was wearing a new product we have here at Modern Mint – the eco-friendly gardening hat! This is a product we discovered about 12 months ago when one of our lovely clients told us about it. He said it was durable, strong, …
How To Deal With Squirrels In Your Garden
This is a guest post from Naomi Webb – – Naomi Webb is a freelance writer specialising in lifestyle content who has written for a wide range of publications, focusing on providing home and garden tips/advice for a variety of audiences. Squirrels may look adorable as they scurry up and down trees, jumping from branch to branch in search of nuts. But, you won’t think they are so cute when they start destroying all your hard work in the garden. Once you have seen them digging up your bulbs, raiding the bird table and damaging your plants, these bushy tailed …
Permaculture Magazine
Do any of you read Permaculture Magazine? We have just found out about it and are very excited to see they not only sell lovely copper tools, but also have a fantastic website. On it you can: Sign up to Permaculture courses. Hear podcasts and watch videos about how people are changing the way they live to be more resilient and self-sustaining. Find recipes for making use of plants and weeds you may not think about eating. Get solutions for your own permaculture experiments. (Oh, and you can of course buy the magazine….) What is Permaculture? “Permaculture is the …