THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Hand Held Hoe
What is this one? The question people ask me the most at my talks… It is a good question. What kind …
Copper Tools: Why Do We Sell Them At Modern Mint?
Update – I no longer sell them at Modern Mint. But my favourite garden Waltham Place does! Copper Tools. Why Do We Sell Them At Modern Mint? You are probably reading this post because you have either just bought, or just received as a gift, a copper gardening tool. Or perhaps you have seen them somewhere and want to find out more about the benefits of copper gardening tools. I first saw them at a biodynamic farm in Berkshire a few years ago. Staff were using them in the most wonderful vegetable and fruit garden I have ever seen. There were some …
Scything
We at Modern Mint had a lesson in scything the other day when visiting Waltham Place. Here are 9 things we learnt… 1) It is normal to scythe without your shoes on (it is near impossible to cut your own foot, though very easy to cut your hand when cleaning or sharpening the blade…!) 2) English scythes have curves, Austrian scythes less so, and Eastern European scythes are straight. There are also lightweight scythes from the USA made of aluminium. These seemed to divide opinion between love and hate. 3) You know you are scything well when you hear a swuuushh… …
Partners
We work with a number of other businesses that can help provide us with the items you want. We are a resource for gardening, after all… For plants we we work with Jersey Plants Direct – they also offer free delivery on plants and we like that. Cut flower queries allow us to send you to the Queen of the home grown flower growers art, Sarah Raven. Use this resource she provides! For gardening books where better is there to go than Amazon. For a more specific pointer, we have a bookshop. For the computer we use we have partnered to work with Panda …