Mike Nowak Show Podcasts

Mike and Peggy welcome William Moss (also known as The Garden Boss) from Get Out and Grow to talk about all things gardening. Native landscaper Benjamin Vogt recounts his battle with the City of Lincoln, Nebraska over what they consider "weedy" plants.

Mike and Peggy welcome Chicago radio legends Steve King and Johnnie Putman, authors of A Little More Les, about their relationship with the late, great Les Paul. Janie Maxwell from the Illinois Farmers Market Association tells us What’s in Season.

Mike and Peggy welcome Chicago radio legends Steve King and Johnnie Putman, who talk about their book A Little More Les, which recounts their relationship with the late, great guitarist Les Paul. This hour is presented without commercial interruption.

Mike and Peggy tell stories of robins, backyard chemical use and growing garlic. Rick Moskovitz from A-Plus Pest Control returns to talk about safe spring pest solutions. Rick DiMaio discusses tropical storms and the return of warm weather.

Juanita Irizarry from Friends of the Parks on the proposed Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park. Liz Moran Stelk of Illinois Stewardship Alliance and Andy Olsen from ELPC on the 2018 Farm Bill. Dan Dinelli, Tom Marerro and Dominic Brose on biochar.

Richard Tilley was a legendary Wicker Park resident and gardener. He died on May 19, 2018 at the age of 91. On February 3, 2013, he appeared on The Mike Nowak Show to share his secrets of seed starting.

Renee Costanzo and Lourdes Valenzuela from Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse gear up for next week’s plant sale, and bird conservationists Judy Pollock and Jeff Skrentny prepare to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day at LaBagh Woods.

Ruth Kerzee of the Midwest Pesticide Action Center explains what Chicago Grows Green Week has to do with your lawn. John Quail from Friends of the Chicago River highlights environmental victories and the outlook for the future of this urban river.

Holly and Joey Baird, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener, answer gardening questions for a cold spring. Pam and Lan Richart from Eco-Justice Collaborative Andrew Rehn from Prairie Rivers Network explain the threat to a cherished east central Illinois river.

Emily Murphy on her book Grow What You Love, Chicago Aldermen Michele Smith and Scott Waguespack want to create a 24-acre park in the North Branch Industrial Corridor, and Jennifer Walling from the IEC on a bill that would hurt state environmental laws.

Cheryl Julcher from Yellow Brick Properties is a realtor who uses sustainability as a selling point. Cam Davis explains how he got 54,000 write-in votes for MWRD. Doug Taron celebrates 30 years of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network.

LaManda Joy of Peterson Garden Project promotes the annual Organic Edible Plant Sale. Sarah Surroz of Conserve Lake County talks about a new partnership with Openlands. The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Lisa Hilgenberg answers spring veggie gardening questions

Artist Shilin Hora describes her "Seed Museum works." 2018 Beginning Farmer of the Year Yoram Shanan of Sandbox Organics talks about the new wave of farmers. Jodie Wiederkehr of Chicago Alliance for Animals (CAA) explains why she wants to put horse-drawn carriages out of business in Chicago.

Mike and Peggy feature the 2018 Macy’s Flower Show, Go Green Oak Park's battle against unnecessary pesticide use, Michele Hoffman's upcoming voyage to Alaska to shoot more footage for the film Microcosm, and a victory for Crate Free Illinois.

Live from the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Guests are president Tony Abruscato, The Rose Kings Chris VanCleave and Brian Puckett, Sandy Syburg from Purple Cow Organics, William Moss the Garden Boss, and Janie Grillo aka Butterfly Jane.

Horticulturist Melinda Myers previews the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Openlands president and CEO Jerry Adelmann explains how one our most important environmental laws is at risk. David R. Montgomery has a plan to regenerate our soils.

Mike and Peggy talk to Beth Vercolio-Osmund, a sustainable farmer, business woman, teacher and activist who is one of four Democrats running for Congress in the rural Illinois 16th District.

Mike and Peggy interview Cam Davis, who faces an uphill battle to get ten thousand write-in votes in the March 20 primary contest for a spot on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation Board of Greater Chicago.

Guests: Jim Slama of the Good Food EXPO; Cam Davis,write-in candidate for the MWRD; Kenneth Gallt of Foliage Design Systems of Chicago; Tom Szaky from TerraCycle; 16th Cong. District candidate Beth Vercolio-Osmund.

Jim Nienhuis, Ph.D. talks about the evolution of vegetables and his work helping women entrepreneurs in Central America. Lisa Eldred Steinkopf has written House Plants: The Complete Guide. Mike and Peggy preview the One Earth Film Festival.