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Bill Canaday is an outspoken “50 something” empty-nester who has gardened organically in Detroit for over 20 years. He and his wife take great pleasure in preserving what they grow and sharing the excess. Email billexaminer@gmail.com.

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Chilling effects: GMOs

"It would be chilling enough if any other type of company were able to prevent independent researchers from testing its wares and reporting what...
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Storing root crops and cabbage

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If you planted potatoes this spring, and if they did not succumb to blight, by now you are looking around for ways to store them over the winter. Here...
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Insects in the garden

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Many first time gardeners have never paid attention to any insects except for mosquitos when they were biting, bees when they were stinging and flies...
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Biotech is 'new speak' for GMO

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Midland, MI based Dow Chemical company is joining forces with World Wide Wheat, LLC (W3) of Tempe, AZ to develop yet more varieties of...
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Controlling slugs and snails (printable)

Dealing with slugs and snails may not be in your past but, as a gardener, it's almost certainly in your future....
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Controlling slugs and snails (part 5)

Natural Enemies Snails and slugs have many natural enemies, including ground beetles, pathogens, snakes, toads, turtles, nematodes, and birds, but...
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Controlling slugs and snails (part 4)

This is the fourth in a series about controlling slugs and snails in the home garden. Slugs and snails are active in the garden down to about 32 F....
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Controlling slugs and snails (part 3)

If you can't persuade the slugs to go next door by declining to feed and house them, perhaps it is time to erect a wall around your garden. Barriers...
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Controlling slugs and snails (part 2)

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Cultural Control Step one in controlling slugs is to reduce favorable habitat. To a large extent, this is just ordinary garden hygiene cranked up a...
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Controlling slugs and snails (part 1)

Dealing with slugs and snails may not be in your past but, as a gardener, it's almost certainly in your future. Here is what we are up against and...
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