Do males make you sneeze ?
Tom Ogren has been studying the effects of allergenic pollen on gardeners and the general population for twenty five years, writing numerous books on the subject, including Allergy-Free Gardening. Now he is in Canada, where he is performing an allergy audit. That is to say, he is tasked with examining the effects of planting too many male cloned trees and shrubs, where they can contribute to allergies and asthma.
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If they chop, we won't shop! They're chopping. Oaks are being laid low and precious urban green space will be paved to make room for Menards and Meijer's, with two vacant, already cemented, commercial spaces just down the road. In Evergreen Park, Illinois.Listen here.
"Piss on Starved Rock!"
Those were the words of a high-ranking Democratic LaSalle County official and union leader when talking about plans to dig an open-pit sand mine next to one of the entrances to Starved Rock state park. Listen here.
Earlier . . . Seven advocates for Starved Rock State Park talk with Mike about a proposed open pit sand mine adjacent to Starved Rock State Park that would seriously affect the environmental aesthetics of the the park.Listen here.
Mike talks to Peggy Salazar and Tom Shepherd about Governor Pat Quinn's announcement of the Millennium Reserve initiative, which will provide funding for environmental restoration in the Calument region. Listen here.
Mike Nowak has been the Chicago radio voice of gardening
and the environment for more than thirteen years.
First at WGN Radio and now at Chicago's Progressive Talk,
he has informed and entertained his listeners about everything
from bugs to battery recycling,
from energy audits to Echinacea.
Check out the website, but more important,
check out "The Mike Nowak Show."
Mike has a co-host this week--the wildly knowledgeable Beth Botts. They'll be talking about the latest funding crisis for Illinois Extension Services, the folks who bring you everything from 4-H to Master Gardeners. Kilbourn Park floraculturist Kirsten Akre will stop by to talk about the Kilbourn Park annual Organic Greenhouse Plant Sale. Mike will also be doing an update on the southeast Chicago landfill issue.
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Wally Schmidtke of Pesche's, has been giving us gardening advice for a while now, and it's starting to be a significant part of the website. Click above to see what Wally has to say spring-flowering bulbs.
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posting chapters from her "literary memoir," Just Another Writer. She's also blogging about
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