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Tending to a garden provides a lifelong education in science and wonder, if you get in the dirt and look closely.

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Biologist Natalie Bekins discovered stiltgrass at the Barry State Game Area in Barry County while conducting an oak wilt survey in late August. Just a few weeks later, she encountered the grass at ...