THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Don’t forget we have our Chelsea Fringe 2016 project under way! We are looking for submissions of your Desert Island …
Gardening? There’s an App for That!
Gardening? There’s an App for That! On Earth Day 2016, gardening industry juggernaut Scotts released its own branded gardening mobile app. Simply called Gro, the app goes beyond the scope of your typical educational gardening app by allowing users to automate watering via linked smart sprinkler systems such as those by Rachio and PlantLink. Although the app is best used with the aforementioned automated gardening systems, its educational component is still not to be missed. Tell it your location and it’ll give you a list of recommended gardening projects customized for your area, its local climate, and the availability of …
International Compost Awareness Week
“Compost-making doesn’t need to be hard work, costs almost nothing, and the only secret ingredient you need is patience.” Ken Thompson, botanist and author of Compost. Run by Garden Organic, International Compost Awareness Week aims to help people who don’t compost learn how to do it. Join a compost group for International Compost Awareness Week. For a really quick guide on how to compost, here it is: Take something that can rot. Put it into a pile outside with other materials that have the ability to rot. Leave it there (as Ken Thompson said in the quote above, ‘patience is …
Great Nature Writing
Here are a few recommendations for great nature writing – some are free, some will take you elsewhere to buy the book… All are well worth reading though, as they don’t just write about nature – but politics, capitalism, the economy and romance too… The Pain You Feel Is Capitalism Dying Reason 2: Damage Built Up in the Natural World There is no such thing as an economy that exists without the physical world. The delusional idea that markets are separate from nature has guided mainstream economic policy for a long time — and now we are seeing the consequences in mass …