THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Charles Dowding
The team at Modern Mint have recently visited the teacher and vegetable grower Charles Dowding, who runs courses at his …
Organic Bulbs
What is the difference between organic bulbs (like the ones we are selling) and the bulbs you buy at the garden centre? Organic Bulbs Organic bulbs (or ecobulbs as the package will tell you) come from The Netherlands and are grown on organic land that has been reclaimed from the sea. The bulbs are not treated with insecticides or dipped in fungicide before being netted and sent to the garden centre. What are insecticides? Insecticides are simply a product that is used to kill, maim or repel bugs. Different poisons are used in different ways – for example, some insecticides …
How To Make A Flower Border From Scratch
This is a fascinating subject – how do you make a flower border from scratch? When we first started gardening, and got to know a little bit about what we were doing, learnt a few plant names, seen a few different conditions, we wanted to stretch our creative wings a bit by planing a border of our very own. So we asked the lady we were apprenticed with at the time to tell us the secret – how do you make a border from scratch? How do you know what plants to choose? What, basically, are the underlying principles behind …
If You Want To Meet Some Brilliant People…
If you want to meet some brilliant people, we recommend you get stuck into reading this list below. It outlines five of the people Modern Mint have interviewed in the last year and a half about what they do, why they do it and what we can learn from them. They are brilliant. 1) Rosy Bee – Plants for Bees “There is a lot written – particularly by the wildlife trusts – about native plants being best. This never made any sense to me as many of the bees are not really native.” 2) Essex Bees “My brother, Dan, used …