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Blog Posts

Why You Should Have A Commuting Budget

A commuting budget looks at both the amount of time you allocate for going to and from work each week, and what that commute costs you.

Marie McKinsey

Dec 4, 20215 min read

Claire and the Fight Against Infectious Disease

Discouraging "germs" is a bit off- topic for a plant blog. But we are talking here about the Outlander books and Claire Fraser's pragmatic a

Marie McKinsey

Jun 7, 20143 min read

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

Marie McKinsey

Apr 11, 20143 min read