THE MODERN MINT BLOG

Apr18

Artist in Residence

We take great pleasure in announcing the first ever Modern Mint Artist in Residence – the wonderful photographer Andrew Yates! …

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Apr13

Offers & Discounts!

The best way to get great offers and top discounts, as well as staying up to date with all the latest products from Modern Mint, is to sign up to our email list. How often do we send? Once a month and twice at Christmas. What Do We Send? Coupon codes so that you can get money off our lovely products at checkout. News about the latest products we have to offer – whether it is a new artist of the month or the latest seasonal fashion, you will be the first to know. A round-up of the best blog …

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Apr13

10 Best Tomatoes To Sow Right Now

  The Ten Best Tomatoes To Sow Right Now This list will give you a chance to get away from the rightly popular, but very ubiquitous, Gardeners Delight variety of tomatoes and try something different – as well as tasty! All of the seeds can be bought from the wonderful wonderful wonderful Real Seeds – do support them in their work…! Grushovska – big pink tomatoes, very tasty Aurora – from Siberia (yes, really!) Makes great sauces and germinates well at low temperatures. Tangerine – as the name suggests, it is a brilliant orange. Farenheit – this tomato must be …

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Apr12

10 Plants You Didn’t Know You Can Eat

Tonight we will be presenting our latest garden talk ‘Diluted’ to a local garden club here in Essex. Essex is a dry county, the typical British rain and grey skies seeming to miss it completely leaving us, as residents, with lots of sunshine and warmth. It also means there are a range of plants that will struggle to grow in the dry conditions, needing help from a hose or watering can filled with water – and this is never more so than in the vegetable garden, where too much water can kill off your seedlings, or too little means they …

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