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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.

Marie McKinsey

Jul 18, 20162 min read

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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

Marie McKinsey

Jun 19, 20142 min read

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Lavender Blues

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

Marie McKinsey

Apr 18, 20143 min read

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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

Marie McKinsey

Apr 22, 20113 min read

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