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Marie McKinsey

Jul 18, 20162 min read

Create a Bee Friendly Garden

Without bees, we wouldn't have much to eat and we would have far fewer herbs and flowers to enjoy.

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Marie McKinsey

Jun 18, 20142 min read

Bee Is for Borage

it is likely that an 18th century herbalist would make a tea from the dried leaves as a remedy for depression or to relieve menopausal disco

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Marie McKinsey

Apr 18, 20143 min read

Lavender Blues

As Tom Robbins, another of my favorite authors, says in his novel, JITTERBUG PERFUME, "with immediacy and intensity, smell activates the me

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Marie McKinsey

Apr 22, 20113 min read

Is This a Weed?

Horsetail and henbit and shot weed, oh my! Nettles that sting, geraniums gone wild, and "dandy" lions - these are a few of the plants referr

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