THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Consider yourself an artist If you consider yourself a gardener Consider yourself a scientist too. Stretch your body to smell …
Cut Flower Garden
If you don’t want to grow veg, grow flowers. A cut flower garden is a brilliant way to use your bit of the world. This is not a post about how to set it up – to do that, read these books… The Cutting Garden: Growing and Arranging Garden Flowers The Cut Flower Patch: Grow your own cut flowers all year round Nor is this a rant about the cut flower industry (no need to rant, just read this book by Amy Stewart Gilding the Lily: Inside the Cut Flower Industry it is a well-researched, readable and informative book that …
Garden Design in Chelmsford
Garden Design in Chelmsford: What Do People Look For? 1) Low Maintenance At the start of the year we found most clients were asking for artificial lawn. This suggested to us people felt time poor and just didn’t want the hassle of looking after a garden. Our design suggestion: Make the lawn areas smaller, with a logical design so that the mower can reach each part of the grass easily and quickly. Job done, minimum of fuss. 2) ‘Wow’ Factor Clients wanted the garden to be used for entertaining, so it needed to look great. Our design suggestion: Use tough …
Organic is Different
Here is the post Organic is Different from the Soil Association, talking about how the way your food is farmed makes a difference to its quality. Worth a read? Definitely. Change your attitude to organic food? Definitely again. Should you be growing your own? Of course you should! Get out there into the garden and enjoy the sunshine! And if you can’t grow you down food – then why not grow your own organic cut flowers?