THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Top Tips For Topiary – my blog about pruning for the European Boxwood And Topiary Society, is now up on …
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.
Shears Or Power Tools?
Shears or power tools? What is best to use? The Joy Of Shears I love my Okatsune shears, the beautifully balanced red and white handled pruning shears from Japan. They do everything you need, whether giving a little extra detail to a topiary piece or bashing their way through a hawthorn or beech hedge that boundaries a garden. Another pair of shears you may wish for, that are far sharper than any power tool ever needs to be, is this Tobisho made pair of curved, steel blades… They are basically two samurai swords bolted together. So sharp they could cut …
Bite Size History Of Running A Small Business
A potted history of my small business, inspired by the wonderful bite size blog posts of how Charles Boyle has run CB Editions, so I thought I would do something similar for Modern Mint. Well, with Coronoavirus hitting I have the time to get all nostalgic…. Moved to Essex from Hampshire, going from a list of relentlessly busy garden maintenance jobs in huge gardens whilst spending evenings and weekends doing project planting and lawn care work to… nothing. Went to Japan for two weeks, a gift to myself for making the move away from a job where I was such a …