THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Garden Design App
If you google ‘Garden Design App’ a few options turn up. One for the I-Pad offers to help you create …
More Boys Toys (in honour of father’s day…)
Yesterday we wrote about Boys Toys in Chelmsford, today we want to expand on that… with a few more manly tools… Tripod ladders are a must – light to carry and get you right into the hedge, reducing the danger of over-stretching. Which you’re liable to do, if not at the start, then when you get tired and want to finish the hedge quickly… These are not a bad way to start, cut beautifully and feel good in the hand… Thinning shears or ‘dainty pruners’, these are useful for accurate cutting. Or getting the salad leaves in to go with …
A Garden Design Problem… and a Solution
You decide you need to sort out the garden, so call in a designer. You tell them what you want, what you like and they (if they’re good) help you discover possibilities you never knew existed. You get excited (if not, get another designer!) and you proceed with transforming your outdoors into something amazing. You stand on your new terrace, next to your new pond, looking out over your immaculate new lawn, feel the soft feathery leaf of the newly planted Mexican Feather Grass and sniff deeply the perfume of the roses from your new rose garden. Apples, plums and …
Father’s Day Gifts 2014
In several categories – see which one you think he would like the most and get it delivered by the weekend! All are ‘dad gift cliches’ until the end… then we give you a few (we hope) quirky bits to buy… 1) BBQ 2) Bathroom shizzle (you know, grooming and what not…) 3) Tools and Practical Bits 4) Software and gadgets (Good deal on this one at time of posting!) 5) Quirky (we hope… if you can think of something better, please send us an email and we’ll stick it up here!) (Okay, that one isn’t for Dad… unless he’s had a drink …