THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Merry Christmas all you Modern Mints out there, from the Modern Mints! We hope you have had a fantastic …
Hand Held Hoe
What is this one? The question people ask me the most at my talks… It is a good question. What kind of tool could it be? This shiny, beautiful little hoop? Cheekily, we refuse to answer straight away and instead question them back – what do you think it is? Take a look again… What is it? We have been told it is: An avocado de-stoner. A dog brush. A boot scraper. A boiled egg de-sheller. (Big egg…) A hairbrush for a teddy boy quiff. A dog lead holder. A target for practising your golf chip. A body exfoliating tool. A …
Bird Feeder
Heartened and cheered to discover the British public love to help the birds! We discovered these bird feeders recently and thought – you know what, we need to give these a go. They are remanufactured from black plastic plant pots, the ones you get in every single damn nursery, shop, hardware store and garden centre going… the same ones that cannot be recycled. You only have two options with where to get rid of them when you have removed your plant from the pot – either reuse the pot until it breaks, or send it to be crushed up …
Compost = “To Place Together”
Looking online for where the word compost comes from, we found it originates in ‘composite’. ‘Com’ = together ‘Ponere’ – to place To place together. The perfect word for compost, the black gold of the garden. Quick Modern Mint tip for making compost: Place together a 50/50 mixture of green garden arisings (grass, flowers, vegetable peelings, stems) and brown, dry arisings (woody stems, cardboard, leaves, coffee grounds.) No cooked foods as it encourages rats. Occasionally turn this heap with a fork or spade. Leave for enough time and you will have compost to add back onto your garden. …