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Yes, Mike does talk about gardening, but The Mike Nowak Show is much more than a “gardening’ show." His topics run the horticultural and environmental gamut--urban farming, plant and animal...
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Yes, Mike does talk about gardening, but The Mike Nowak Show is much more than a “gardening’ show." His topics run the horticultural and environmental gamut--urban farming, plant and animal biodiversity, cleaning up our rivers, protecting our forest preserves, organic lawn care, recycling, energy audits and more. And he’ll make you laugh while he makes you think.
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A Stinky Flower and a Dead Ginkgo
8 OCT 2015 · Mike heads up to the Chicago Botanic Garden to talk to their experts about Spike, the twelve year old Corpse Flower that is finally set to bloom. Then Mike and Kathleen Thompson try to figure out why the Ginkgo biloba in their backyard suddenly died this year. Hint: Kathleen had nothing to do with it.56m 36s -
One Way to Keep Building Materials Out of Landfills
1 OCT 2015 · Mike visits the Rebuilding Exchange in Chicago, a not-for-profit business with the goal of keeping building materials out of landfills by reusing them. Leah Gauthier reports on her quest to keep the legendary Marshall Strawberry in production.57m 25s -
Dr. Harry Klee and the (Nearly) Perfect Tomato
24 SEP 2015 · Dr. Harry Klee from the University of Florida spent two decades producing a flavorful tomato that can be grown easily and in abundance...now if he can only get the supermarkets to stock it.57m 29s -
Two Environmental Victories in Illinois
17 SEP 2015 · Laurlyn Clawson from Growing Power talks about a new composting law in Chicago that promises to turn organic waste into a valuable soil amendment , while Cindy Skrukrud of the Illinois Sierra Club Illinois works to reduce nutrient overload in our waterways.57m 47s -
A Day on the Illinois Prarie
9 SEP 2015 · Mike heads out to Leland Illinois for The Pizzo Group's 27th Annual Celebration and Summer Solstice Party, where he talks to presenters at the event, and gets a tour of the prairie from John James Audubon (yes, that John James Audubon).57m 8s -
Food scraps aren't garbage anymore
9 SEP 2015 · You'll find out why Mike needed to visit a Chicago car wash to talk to Erlene Howard, owner of Collective Resource, Inc., which gathers food scraps to turn into compost. Meteorologist Rick DiMaio talks about weather anomalies and their relationships to climate change.56m 23s -
Why Entomologist Doug Tallamy is a Rock Star
7 AUG 2015 · Mike interviews entomologist, author and horticultural Zeitgeist rock star Doug Tallamy about his book, Bringing Nature Home. He warns us that as our natural areas shrink to nothingness, our remaining parks, open spaces and yards are not particularly friendly to our native insects, birds and mammals.56m 22s -
Gardening with Melinda Myers
30 JUL 2015 · Mike talks to horticulturist, author, radio & TV personality and educator Melinda Myers about straw bale gardening, growing great tomatoes, how to relax about your lawn, and as many other gardening topics as they can cram into about 50 minutes.56m 53s -
Growing Small, Growing Efficient
24 JUL 2015 · Mike visits the backyard garden of Chicago chef Rick Bayless, where horticulturist Bill Shores grows organic produce for the award winning restaurants. Then Mike talks to a Roosevelt University student about his new recycling app.57m 16s -
Creating a wildlife corridor
14 JUL 2015 · This show focuses on creating a wildlife corridor, one backyard at a time. Mike talks to author Doug Tallamy about his book, Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, and much more!56m 50s
Yes, Mike does talk about gardening, but The Mike Nowak Show is much more than a “gardening’ show." His topics run the horticultural and environmental gamut--urban farming, plant and animal...
show more
Yes, Mike does talk about gardening, but The Mike Nowak Show is much more than a “gardening’ show." His topics run the horticultural and environmental gamut--urban farming, plant and animal biodiversity, cleaning up our rivers, protecting our forest preserves, organic lawn care, recycling, energy audits and more. And he’ll make you laugh while he makes you think.
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