Marie McKinsey
- Apr 11, 2014
- 3 min
Garlic - a Food, a Medicine, an Aphrodisiac?!
Claire might not have known how to grow garlic before Mrs. FitzGibbons handed her that basket of cloves and a digging stick, but she was und
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Marie McKinsey
- Apr 5, 2014
- 3 min
Stinging Nettles
If you've ever encountered a stinging nettle, you have no trouble understanding how being flogged with a bunch of them would be an effective
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Marie McKinsey
- Apr 1, 2014
- 2 min
The Little Blue Flower At The Start Of It All
If it is possible for plants to travel through time, forget-me-nots would be well suited for the journey.
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Marie McKinsey
- Mar 30, 2014
- 2 min
Preventing Scurvy with Watercress
" 'What are you doing, Mr. Fraser?' Grey asked, in some bewilderment. Fraser looked up, mildly surprised, but not embarrassed in the...
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Marie McKinsey
- Mar 29, 2014
- 3 min
Strawberries and The Clan Fraser
In Drums of Autumn, Jamie tells Claire this story, "Strawberries ha' always been the emblem of the clan - it's what the name meant, to start
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