THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Bring On Spring
Bring on spring, we hear you cry! As the light of the day lessens and we head, inexorably, unto the …
Notes from Blenheim Palace Flower Show
After a wonderful weekend at Blenheim Palace Flower Show, where Darren of Modern Mint gave a number of garden talks alongside a few famous faces, we thought we would share some more information about what he spoke of in the talk. The talk was called ‘Tips for Tomatoes’ and was based on research you can find in a new book by James Wong, who suggested watering your tomatoes with aspirin will increase the vitamin C content in the fruit. Take a look at this excellent book… Darren also talked about: The best plants for bees (Helenium is the very …
10 Best Tomatoes To Sow Right Now
The Ten Best Tomatoes To Sow Right Now This list will give you a chance to get away from the rightly popular, but very ubiquitous, Gardeners Delight variety of tomatoes and try something different – as well as tasty! All of the seeds can be bought from the wonderful wonderful wonderful Real Seeds – do support them in their work…! Grushovska – big pink tomatoes, very tasty Aurora – from Siberia (yes, really!) Makes great sauces and germinates well at low temperatures. Tangerine – as the name suggests, it is a brilliant orange. Farenheit – this tomato must be …
10 Plants You Didn’t Know You Can Eat
Tonight we will be presenting our latest garden talk ‘Diluted’ to a local garden club here in Essex. Essex is a dry county, the typical British rain and grey skies seeming to miss it completely leaving us, as residents, with lots of sunshine and warmth. It also means there are a range of plants that will struggle to grow in the dry conditions, needing help from a hose or watering can filled with water – and this is never more so than in the vegetable garden, where too much water can kill off your seedlings, or too little means they …