Marie McKinsey
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Grow Fresh Herbs Indoors Year Around
Imagine having fresh basil, mint, and cilantro growing near your kitchen in the middle of winter!
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Marie McKinsey
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Pandemic Gardening
"'Tis an ill wind indeed, that blows no good." - William Shakespeare For all the pain and suffering brought by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Marie McKinsey
- Jul 28, 2014
- 5 min
Meet the Family: The Mints
Updated 12/11/22 Originally posted 7/28/14 Here's a question for you, Outlander Gardeners: What do mint, rosemary, oregano, lemon...
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Marie McKinsey
- Jun 18, 2014
- 2 min
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, 2014
- 3 min
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
- 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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Marie McKinsey
- Nov 24, 2013
- 2 min
I'll Bet You've Never Eaten a Yam
the perennial question comes up - is a yam the same thing as a sweet potato? I've wondered about this for as long as I can remember and this
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Marie McKinsey
- Jul 9, 2013
- 1 min
What Is the Difference Between a Fruit and a Vegetable?
When people find out that a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable, they are usually surprised. They think of fruits as being sweet and vegetabl
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Marie McKinsey
- Jul 26, 2011
- 1 min
Can You Grow Kiwi Fruit in Seattle?
What you see above are newly set kiwi fruits I found growing near my house when I was out for my walk this morning.
Here are some things
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Marie McKinsey
- Apr 22, 2011
- 3 min
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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