The Mike Nowak Show

By Mike Nowak

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Mike and Peggy cover ever a little bit of everything green under the sun—the environment, gardening, local food, sustainable living and more—in a style that is casual, accessible, entertaining, informative and fun.

Episode Date
What a Long, Strange Garden Trip It’s Been
Jun 11, 2022
Tomatomania V: Off to the Races
Jun 04, 2022
Monarch Butterflies: Yet Another Species on the Brink
May 28, 2022
How to Discover a Wild Area in the 21st Century
May 21, 2022
The Sky’s the Limit for Women in Arboriculture
May 15, 2022
The Hidden Dangers of Artificial Turf
May 07, 2022
The Regeneration Miracle That Is Compost
Apr 30, 2022
The Marvelous Melinda Myers Makes It Better
Apr 23, 2022
Doug Tallamy on Fighting to Save Trees and Natural Areas
Apr 10, 2022
The Possibilities of Amazing Native Plants
Apr 03, 2022
How to Go Beyond Organic Growing
Mar 27, 2022
Green School Farms on the Front Line of Sustainability
Mar 20, 2022
Phenology Is a Key Component of Life on Earth
Mar 13, 2022
Expect Great Growing in 2022
Mar 06, 2022
Start the Best Fruits and Vegetables
Feb 27, 2022
Sacrificing Birds for a Marketing Gimmick
Feb 20, 2022
Protect Creatures Great and Small
Feb 13, 2022
Can Backyard Composting Change the World?
Feb 05, 2022
Forest Preserves Unlock the Mysteries of Nature
Jan 30, 2022
Doug Tallamy on Saving Nature and Ourselves
Jan 23, 2022
Puppets Pick Apart Plastic Myths
Jan 16, 2022
How to Create The Healthy Garden
Jan 09, 2022
It’s a Wonderful Slice 2021!
Dec 18, 2021
How to Provide Good Food Through Growing Solutions
Dec 11, 2021
Exploring Sustainability Myths and Solutions
Dec 04, 2021
And Now for Something Completely Different
Nov 28, 2021
Prairie Uprising on the Horizon
Nov 21, 2021
What Happened to Glass Recycling
Nov 13, 2021
Solutions for a Planet on the Brink
Nov 07, 2021
Hog CAFOs Threaten Quality of Rural Life
Oct 30, 2021
Is a Parking Lot More Valuable Than a Prairie?
Oct 24, 2021
I Know What You Did in the Garden this Year
Oct 17, 2021
Of Sound Mind, Learning and Feeling
Oct 09, 2021
Can One Bee Rescue a Valuable Remnant Prairie?
Oct 03, 2021
Creating New Lives for Rescued Farm Animals
Sep 25, 2021
Are You Ready for Some Illinois Fun?
Sep 19, 2021
Melinda Myers Reveals Fall Gardening Secrets
Sep 11, 2021
Last Chance for a Clean Energy Deal in Illinois?
Aug 28, 2021
A Bad Week for Chicago’s Public Parks
Aug 21, 2021
On the Road at The Growing Place
Aug 07, 2021
Get Yer (Coal) Ash Out of the Vermillion River!
Aug 01, 2021
Local Food Is Getting Better In Illinois
Jul 25, 2021
Climate Change and Chicago’s Water
Jul 17, 2021
Return of the Butterfly Whisperer
Jul 11, 2021
How to Rescue Storm Damaged Trees
Jul 04, 2021
Create Sanctuary for Wildlife in your Garden
Jun 27, 2021
Tomatomania III: The Looming Drought
Jun 19, 2021
Talking Chicago Environmental Smack with the Experts
Jun 12, 2021
Survival Tips; Confronting Aldi; Saving Blue Ash
Jun 05, 2021
Start with Something Simple and Beautiful
May 23, 2021
Recycling Failures 101: It’s not Always Your Fault
May 15, 2021
Farmers Markets Stay Strong in 2021
May 09, 2021
Right to Garden Victory in Illinois
May 02, 2021
Feel Good About Caring for Your Lawn
Apr 24, 2021
Practical and Reliable Talk from Melinda Myers
Apr 17, 2021
Rescuing Species with Urban Sanctuaries
Apr 11, 2021
Food Co-ops in an Age of Uncertainty
Apr 04, 2021
Meet the Challenge of Spring
Mar 27, 2021
Trowels Out at Garden Rant
Mar 21, 2021
Irreplaceable In Every Way
Mar 14, 2021
Plastics Mess on Aisle 2 in the Green Industry
Mar 07, 2021
“We’re Gardening for the Public.”
Feb 27, 2021
Ten Years of Environmental Good
Feb 20, 2021
Wild Things Invade(s) Chicago Again
Feb 14, 2021
How to Avoid a Winter of Discontent
Feb 06, 2021
Climate Art and Science Disrupted
Jan 30, 2021
When Native Garden Plans Go Bad (and Good)
Jan 23, 2021
2 Million Blossoms, Umpteen Million Seeds
Jan 16, 2021
Reclaiming Real Organics
Jan 09, 2021
Happy Not 2020! Tomatoes and Tallgrass Prairie
Jan 02, 2021
It’s a Wonderful Slice 2020!
Dec 20, 2020
Uncommon Pandemic Winter
Dec 13, 2020
Chicago STILL Can’t Recycle
Dec 12, 2020
Coal Ash Threat to Our Water
Dec 06, 2020
Growing Under Cover with Niki Jabbour
Nov 29, 2020
Winter Tree Care: Inspection, Pruning and More
Nov 22, 2020
Herbaceous Perennial Plants with Allan Armitage
Nov 15, 2020
Pet Wellness and Happiness R Us
Nov 08, 2020
Growing Gardeners During a Pandemic
Nov 01, 2020
Smashing Pumpkins…Responsibly
Oct 25, 2020
Snakes, Forest Preserves and Green Divas
Oct 18, 2020
Having a Virtual IMPACT on Landscapes
Oct 11, 2020
Walk Like an Agrarian
Oct 04, 2020
The New Sustainable Reality
Sep 27, 2020
Racist Pandemics and How to Recover
Sep 06, 2020
Toxic Donuts and Food Deserts
Aug 30, 2020
Midwest Derecho Aftermath
Aug 23, 2020
Chicago’s War on Community Gardens
Aug 02, 2020
Food Scrap Composting Queen
Jul 26, 2020
Busting Insulation Myths with Ron Cowgill
Jul 19, 2020
Extreme Permaculture Primer
Jul 12, 2020
Black Gardeners Matter, Too
Jul 05, 2020
High Noon in the Straits of Mackinac
Jun 28, 2020
Insect Apocalypse on Main Street?
Jun 21, 2020
Tomatomania II with KC and NC!
Jun 14, 2020
Environmental Justice Is Social Justice
Jun 07, 2020
Upcycling Milk Waste into Milk Tees
May 31, 2020
Botanical Sexism Is Making You Sick
May 24, 2020
Can Farmers Markets Survive COVID-19?
May 17, 2020
Breaking Bread with Neighbor Loaves
May 10, 2020
Volunteer Your Garden In a Food Crisis
May 03, 2020
Clean Water Matters More Than Ever
Apr 26, 2020
Victory Gardens for Pollinators and People
Apr 19, 2020
Easter Sunday in the Church of Green
Apr 12, 2020
Keep Eating Healthy and Grow Some Food Yourself
Apr 05, 2020
Spring Is Still Scheduled–Melinda Myers Says So
Mar 29, 2020
The Virtual Chicago Flower & Garden Show
Mar 22, 2020
Connecting in the Age of Coronavirus
Mar 15, 2020
The Right to Garden as Law
Mar 08, 2020
Harnessing The Power of We
Mar 01, 2020
Celebrating Water Responsibly
Feb 23, 2020
Know Your Grow with William Moss
Feb 16, 2020
Nature’s Best Hope Is You
Feb 09, 2020
Cats and Trees and Arborists
Feb 02, 2020
Fluck Farms Chicago 2020
Jan 26, 2020
Climate Year Review: 2019
Jan 19, 2020
Green Infrastructure Means Green Jobs
Jan 12, 2020
Cannabis Gold Rush or Bust?
Jan 05, 2020
Turn Here Sweet Corn Returns
Dec 29, 2019
It’s a Wonderful Slice 2019!
Dec 27, 2019
Growing Plants in the Dark
Dec 22, 2019
Passive Houses Get Aggressive
Dec 15, 2019
How Two Gardeners Beat Chicago City Hall
Dec 08, 2019
Skeet’s Holiday Critter Carnival
Dec 01, 2019
Growing Organic Microgreens Indoors
Nov 24, 2019
The Albatross and the Mouse
Nov 17, 2019
Preventing Monarch Butterfly Roadkill
Nov 10, 2019
“Tidy thoughts are for losers”
Nov 03, 2019
Allan Armitage and Solution Gardening
Oct 27, 2019
Stump the Scott This Morning!
Oct 20, 2019
Excellent Gardens, Excellent Garden Advice
Oct 13, 2019
Sustainable Landscapes Make an IMPACT
Oct 06, 2019
Guy McPherson and Near Term Human Extinction
Sep 29, 2019
“An Amazing Year” for Eastern Monarchs?
Sep 22, 2019
Setting Lake Calumet Free
Sep 15, 2019
Tree Care Season Starts Now
Sep 08, 2019
Green Tomatoes and Plant Trucks
Sep 01, 2019
Fall is Midwest Lawn Care Season
Aug 25, 2019
Jumping Worms Derangement Syndrome
Aug 18, 2019
Summer Vegetables Report 2019
Aug 11, 2019
Thismia, Thismia, Wherefore Art Thou, Thismia?
Aug 04, 2019
Skeet’s Traveling Critter Carnival
Jul 28, 2019
Roy and Piet: The Perennial Whisperers
Jul 21, 2019
Get Outside Already! Yeah, You!
Jul 14, 2019
Net Zero Energy Design…and Beyond!
Jul 07, 2019
Protecting Piping Plovers in Chicago
Jun 30, 2019
Science, Art and Climate Change
Jun 23, 2019
Custer Fair in a Year of Rain
Jun 16, 2019
Forest Preserves In the Age of Climate Crisis
Jun 09, 2019
TOMATOMANIA with KC and NC
Jun 02, 2019
Garden Chemicals 101 on the Radio
May 26, 2019
A Million Healthy Gardens
May 19, 2019
Solutions for a Cold, Wet Spring
May 12, 2019
How To Save Your Favorite River
May 05, 2019
Wild Ginger Slushies in April
Apr 28, 2019
Live From City Grange!
Apr 20, 2019
Trees As Climate Superheroes
Apr 14, 2019
Eating Your Neighborhood
Apr 07, 2019
Mead n’ Feed on the South Side
Mar 31, 2019
Sunday at the Flower Show
Mar 24, 2019
How to Become a Backyard Farmer
Mar 17, 2019
Farm to Table to Good Food EXPO Chef of the Year
Mar 10, 2019
Opening a Can of Vermicompost
Mar 03, 2019
Dispatches from the Climate Crisis Bureau
Feb 24, 2019
Straw Bale Solutions, Carbon Solutions
Feb 17, 2019
Saving Trees; Eating Animals
Feb 10, 2019
Plants, Animals and Their Communities
Feb 03, 2019
It’s the Seed-i-est Time of the Year!
Jan 27, 2019
Safe Water in the Era of Climate Change
Jan 20, 2019
The REAL National Emergency: Food Justice and Food Insecurity
Jan 13, 2019
Five Easy (Garden Design) Pieces
Jan 06, 2019
Wild Things Is Back!
Dec 30, 2018
A Gardening Xmas Carol 2018
Dec 28, 2018
It’s A Wonderful Slice 2018!
Dec 23, 2018
A Species Friendly Holiday Season
Dec 15, 2018
Making a Difference for the Homeless
Dec 09, 2018
The Tyranny of CAFOs
Dec 02, 2018
Illinois Hemp, Lincoln Yards Controversy
Nov 25, 2018
(William) Moss, Leaves and Carriage Horses
Nov 18, 2018
Return of the Gardening Queen
Nov 11, 2018
A Taste of Honey Varietals
Nov 04, 2018
Learning to Love Bats
Oct 28, 2018
We Are the Champions
Oct 15, 2018
Mark and Marcus: Music and Sustainability
Oct 07, 2018
Midewin: Where the Buffalo Roam
Sep 29, 2018
Helianthus!
Sep 23, 2018
Chicken Enthusiasts and Monarch Supporters
Sep 16, 2018
The Power of Dirt; Hydrangea Help
Sep 09, 2018
Why Recycle?
Sep 02, 2018
Seaweed Chronicles and Trout Tales
Aug 26, 2018
Roundup Loses in Court; Talking Trees with Skeet
Aug 19, 2018
An Infestation of Horticulturists
Aug 12, 2018
Pollinator-palooza 2018
Aug 05, 2018
Bonsai, Tomato and Native Plant Rock Stars
Jul 29, 2018
SNAP SNAFU
Jul 23, 2018
The Budburst Challenge: Natives v. Nativars
Jul 15, 2018
What If Communities Actually Worked Together to be Sustainable?
Jul 09, 2018
A Little Science in the Garden Goes a Long Way
Jul 01, 2018
Return of the Queen of All Horticultural Media
Jun 30, 2018
Live from Custer Fair in Evanston
Jun 17, 2018
The Garden Boss Is in the Hoss…er, House
Jun 16, 2018
Life After Sunrise with Steve and Johnnie (Full Show)
Jun 12, 2018
Life After Sunrise with Steve and Johnnie
Jun 08, 2018
Garden Questions, Answers and Stories
Jun 02, 2018
The Challenge of Biochar and Biosolids
May 26, 2018
The Genius and Gentility of Richard Tilley
May 21, 2018
May 13, 2018 – Year of the Bird
May 18, 2018
May 6, 2018 – Chicago Grows Green Lawns and Rivers
May 12, 2018
April 29, 2018 – Coal Ash Ahead!
May 05, 2018
Make Earth Day Count
Apr 22, 2018
April 15, 2018 – Science is for Citizens, Too
Apr 19, 2018
April 8, 2018 – Anticipation…
Apr 13, 2018
Seeds As Art, Seeds As Medium
Apr 01, 2018
March 25, 2018 – Microcosm Rides Again!
Mar 29, 2018
March 18, 2018 – Live from the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show!
Mar 27, 2018
March 11, 2018 – Healthy Water, Soils, Lands and Laws
Mar 22, 2018
An Interview with Illinois 16th Congressional District Candidate Beth Vercolio-Osmund
Mar 08, 2018
An Interview with MWRD Candidate Cam Davis
Mar 08, 2018
March 4, 2018 – On the Road Again
Mar 08, 2018
February 25, 2018 – Celebrating Our One Earth
Mar 01, 2018
February 18, 2018 – Being Christy
Feb 24, 2018
February 11, 2018 – Healing Agriculture, Healing Earth
Feb 17, 2018
February 4, 2018 – Saving the Monarch, Round 2: Pessimists v. Optimists
Feb 10, 2018
January 28, 2018 – Solar Speed Bump, Healthy Parks
Feb 02, 2018
January 21, 2018 – Soil Secrets, Flowertales
Jan 27, 2018
January 14, 2018 – The Threat to Organics
Jan 18, 2018
January 7, 2018 – Happy Solar Energy and Food Justice!
Jan 12, 2018
December 31, 2017 – See Ya, Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya
Jan 04, 2018
December 24, 2017 – It’s a Wonderful Slice!
Dec 29, 2017
December 17, 2017 – The Gutting of America’s Natural Areas
Dec 29, 2017
December 10, 2017 – Snow Leaves and Ponzetters
Dec 16, 2017
December 3, 2017 – Glyphosate: Why the Controversy Won’t Die
Dec 16, 2017
November 26, 2017 – The Good, The Bad and The Wha? of Holiday Gifts
Dec 13, 2017
November 19, 2017 – The Science Desk: Permafrost Losing Its “Perm”
Nov 24, 2017
November 12, 2017 – Chicago’s Hot Recycling Mess
Nov 19, 2017
November 5, 2017 – The Future of Fracking and Energy in Illinois
Nov 11, 2017
November 4, 2017 – Live from the 10th Anniversary Green Living Expo at McHenry County College!
Nov 11, 2017
October 29, 2017 – Survivor Queen Quest
Nov 02, 2017
October 28, 2017 – Miscellany Morning
Nov 02, 2017
October 22, 2017 – A Great Lake on the Brink
Oct 27, 2017
October 21, 2017 – Keeping Food Slow
Oct 27, 2017
October 15, 2017 – When Plants Fight City Hall
Oct 20, 2017
October 14, 2017 – Bring Guns, Oaks and Art
Oct 20, 2017
October 15, 2017 – When Plants Fight City Hall
Oct 15, 2017
October 8, 2017 – Start the Garden Revolution
Oct 12, 2017
October 7, 2017 – Temple of Bloom
Oct 12, 2017
October 1, 2017 – Seeds, Giant Pumpkins and Solar Panels
Oct 06, 2017
September 30, 2017 – LIVE from the SCARCE Green Fair!
Oct 06, 2017
September 24, 2017 – Toxic Environments
Sep 29, 2017
September 23, 2017 – A Couple of PhDs Talking Tree Extinction
Sep 29, 2017
September 17, 2017 – Wildcrafting, Tracking Monarchs
Sep 23, 2017
September 16, 2017 – Remaking Plans to Remake Jackson Park
Sep 23, 2017
September 10, 2017 – Reclaiming Plastics and Toxics
Sep 21, 2017
September 9, 2017 – The Challenge of Food Waste
Sep 21, 2017
September 3, 2017 – Chicago: City of Big Celery
Sep 09, 2017
September 2, 2017 – Hurricane Harvey: Predicting and Coping with the New Normal
Sep 09, 2017
August 27, 2017 – Live from Heirloom Fest at the Chicago Botanic Garden!
Aug 31, 2017
August 26, 2017 – Hall of Fame Horticulturist
Aug 31, 2017
August 20, 2017 – Respect for Animals Large and Small
Aug 29, 2017
August 19, 2017 – The Dark Side of the Sun
Aug 29, 2017
August 13, 2017 – Cultivating Resilience
Aug 18, 2017
August 12, 2017 – Moms Fight to Breathe Free
Aug 18, 2017
August 6, 2017 – Breeding Success
Aug 10, 2017
August 5, 2017 – Plastic Behavior
Aug 10, 2017
July 30, 2017 – Snipping and Spraying
Aug 04, 2017
July 29, 2017 – Fun with Foliage
Aug 04, 2017
July 23, 2017 – Soil Sisters, Ocean’s Daughter
Jul 26, 2017
July 22, 2017 – The Chef and the Meteorologist
Jul 25, 2017
July 16, 2017 – Floating Gardens, Trash Talking Professors
Jul 19, 2017
July 15, 2017 – 49 Years and Counting
Jul 19, 2017
July 9, 2017 – Of Seeds, Monarchs and Kayaks
Jul 14, 2017
July 8, 2017 – The Return of the Natives
Jul 14, 2017
July 2, 2017 – Carpin’ About Climate
Jul 07, 2017
July 1, 2017 – A Tale of Two Counties
Jul 07, 2017
June 24, 2017 – Acting Koi
Jun 30, 2017
Mid-season Form at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Jun 25, 2017
June 18, 2017 – Better Living Through Hops and Rails
Jun 22, 2017
June 17, 2017 – The Obama Library: Baby Steps for Transparency
Jun 22, 2017
June 11, 2017 – Climate Backup
Jun 14, 2017
June 10, 2017 – Keepin’ Energy Clean
Jun 14, 2017
June 4, 2017 – Well-Tended Gardens and Markets
Jun 08, 2017
June 3, 2017 – Parks As Democracy
Jun 08, 2017
May 28, 2017 – Veggies, Baby!
May 30, 2017
May 27, 2017 – Made in the Shade
May 30, 2017
May 21, 2017 – Name This!
May 23, 2017
May 20, 2017 – Saving the Monarch
May 23, 2017
May 14, 2017 – Bees, Conservation, Green Buildings and More
May 17, 2017
May 13, 2017 – Urban Nature
May 17, 2017
May 7, 2017 – The Future of Natural Areas
May 11, 2017
May 6, 2017 – Counting Birds
May 11, 2017
April 30, 2017 – A Sunday Kind of Show
May 06, 2017
April 29, 2017 – Up on the Roof
May 05, 2017
April 22, 2017 – Earth Day!
Apr 28, 2017
April 15, 2017 – Wha’d Life Be Without Homegrown Tomatoes?
Apr 18, 2017
April 8, 2017 – Siting compost, sighting endangered species
Apr 09, 2017
March 25, 2017 – LIVE from the Chicago Flower & Garden Show
Mar 27, 2017
March 18, 2017–Live from the Good Food Festival and Conference
Mar 23, 2017
March 11, 2017 – Countdown to Good Food
Mar 13, 2017
March 4, 2017 – Good Food, Good Gardening
Mar 08, 2017
February 25, 2017 – Keeping Seeds and Making Films
Mar 01, 2017