THE MODERN MINT BLOG
In Part One of How To Make A Flower Border From Scratch we told you a little about our first …
How To Help Hedgehogs In Your Garden
Hedgehogs are a rarely seen animal in your garden… … but recently at my parents place the dog was outside and, despite calling, refused to come in. Shoes went on and the outside light was switched on in order to see what the heck was so damn interesting to that dog. It was a hedgehog, possibly the first one she had ever seen. And the first one I remember in this garden in about 20 years. The last one was a big event too, as my parents had just rescued an enormous German Shepherd that had been found on the …
Feral
We recently read ‘Feral’ by George Monbiot. It is a brilliant book, without doubt the best of his we have read (although you can’t go wrong with checking out his other works…) It is an exploration of what it means to bring back the large predators, to ‘rewild’ the earth, the air and the sea. It is a romantic account of how to readjust humans place in nature. It is utterly fascinating and very readable. We made notes from several sections of the book, which we have written up below, which we hope will give you a taster of what …
Charles Dowding
The team at Modern Mint have recently visited the teacher and vegetable grower Charles Dowding, who runs courses at his market garden in Somerset. Charles Dowding is best known for his ‘no-dig’ approach to gardening. Seeing how he grows his vegetables and fruit first hand, we can tell you it looks fantastic (and the vegetables tasted great!) Read Charles’ book – No Dig Organic Home & Garden The basic gist of the idea is to use compost mulches on your soil to grow your food. When you get your vegetable patch, instead of digging or (god forbid) double-digging, you just …