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Create Sanctuary for Wildlife in your Garden

June 26, 2021June 29, 2021 Mike Nowak Creating sanctuary for wildlife, fighting HOAs, invasive plants, Janet Crouch, lawns v gardens, Nancy Lawson, native plants in the garden, Peggy Malecki, pokeweed as garden plant, The Humane Gardener, The Mike Nowak Show

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Nancy Lawson has written an exceptional book called The Humane Gardener. On today’s show, she talks about strategies for encouraging critters of all types, whether they are reviled or not, to become part of your local ecosystem. Her sister, Janet Crouch, then reports on how she took on her HOA to protect her native plant garden, and not only won the case, but got state law in Maryland changed.

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How Two Gardeners Beat Chicago City Hall

December 8, 2019December 11, 2019 Mike Nowak Adam Minter, eco-influencer, fighting weed ordinances, invasive plants, Jeffrey P. Smith, Junkyard Planet, native plants in urban yards, recycling v. reuse, Secondhand, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki

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Pete and Noreen Czosnyka, who live on Chicago’s northwest side, just accomplished something special–they beat the City of Chicago in a court case involving native plants in their yard. Pete and his lawyer Jeff Smith join us in studio. Then, Adam Minter, author of Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale, talks to us about an unexpected but thriving economy of secondhand stuff.