THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Clippings
That’s right, late spring is the time for clipping and pruning those box hedges, balls, cones and other weird and …
Copper Tools: Why Do We Sell Them At Modern Mint?
Update – I no longer sell them at Modern Mint. But my favourite garden Waltham Place does! Copper Tools. Why Do We Sell Them At Modern Mint? You are probably reading this post because you have either just bought, or just received as a gift, a copper gardening tool. Or perhaps you have seen them somewhere and want to find out more about the benefits of copper gardening tools. I first saw them at a biodynamic farm in Berkshire a few years ago. Staff were using them in the most wonderful vegetable and fruit garden I have ever seen. There were some …
Why we Love the Nordeck Chair
Looking for products for our shop is a fascinating job – the important questions are: What is it made of? Where has it come from? How long will it last? We don’t ask about cost or who is going to buy it – tastes change, so if you believe a product or producer is suitable – why not support them loudly? The world turns and the greatest and most useful products find their places… When we first saw the Nordeck chair we were stunned – several different lengths of wood, three bits of rope – and that is it. Everything …
Digging Deep In the Garden
This is a review of John Walker’s new book ‘Digging Deep in the Garden’, out now on Amazon… or it can be bought directly from Modern Mint! We have previously featured John on the Modern Mint blog (we called his writing subversive… that’s a good thing…!) It was in an interview we made with him about his work gardening organically at home in Wales. The interview makes for wonderful and inspiring reading… just check out the extract below… “Taking a deliberately earth- and climate-friendly approach… encourages you to garden more laterally, more locally and more gently. Why would you buy a polluting pesticide, …