THE MODERN MINT BLOG
A potted history of my small business, inspired by the wonderful bite size blog posts of how Charles Boyle has …
What I Love – Other Tools & Garden Bits
What I love are great tools and products that have an eco-friendly, sustainable aspect to them. This might be the amazing Hori-Hori (the Japanese version of a garden trowel) a Nunki weeder or even a Tarp Hat for gardening. But what I can’t do is have absolutely everything here online, or in our stock room. Where I live just isn’t big enough. Plus Modern Mint is only me, with occasional help, so I really do have to make sure I am only offering you keen gardeners the very best tools. This way, you are happy and come back and buy more …
Christmas Presents For Gardeners
Struggling to find a gift that is actually decent, for the gardener or garden lover in your life? Here are some ideas that, I hope, tap into what a gardener really will appreciate… rather than the tut you might get in M & S (I’m looking with angry, disappointed eyes at you, M & S copper plated trowel that you can purchase for not much money that looks good but lasts for no time and is a pile of dog mess to use…. to put it lightly….) Our tools – snips, secateurs, Diggy Diggy trowel, slug-repellant trowel, shears. Okay, okay …
Modern Mint: What We Value
Knowing what we value is a good way of setting boundaries, whether in your personal life or your business. I realised I needed to simplify things here at Modern Mint. We will have been running for 5 years (where did the time go!) in February 2019, but for the first 3 years Chloe, Stefano and I literally ran around doing everything. We were all things to all people. And we weren’t happy. It was exhausting! So we stopped. Took a step back and listened to the advice we gave others who asked what it was like to run a business …