THE MODERN MINT BLOG
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Minimal Gardening in 7 Steps
“We use minimum tools, minimum management…” Midori Shintani Your garden is a space. How you use it is entirely up to you. But we are thrilled to explore the notion of minimal gardening, of doing less and less and less, and still seeing if we can make a garden that is enjoyable – in that it has an atmosphere that makes you want to spend time in it, that is has habitats for wildlife, a place to sit in the sun, something to harvest and eat and plants to look at, smell their perfume, enjoy. It takes courage to garden …
Gentle Heart
3 ideas for becoming a better gardener – have clear eyes, a quiet mind and a gentle heart. These pictures are from a trip to the west of Ireland last October. It was easy to sit on the beach here, to let go of worries and any stresses and just… allow the time to pass. It really was a place to cultivate the eyes, the mind and the heart. Your garden is a place to do this too. Enjoy it, work on and with it, and allow it to change you in its soft and understated way. Use your garden to …
“It’s Not Like School At All”
“It’s Not Like School At All. First You Get The Test, And Then Afterwards You Spend Years Findin’ Out How You Passed It.” Terry Pratchett, Wee Free Men We hope this inspires you to be brave and explore a craft – gardening, baking, knitting, stonemasonry, organic topiary – to just go for it, and put yourself in a situation where you have to observe, and think, in order to work out the answer. It is the best way to start – so go, now, and discover what you can do.