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Peggy and The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener

Mark and Marcus: Music and Sustainability

October 6, 2018May 4, 2019 Mike Nowak environment, FolkTober Fest, gardening, harvesting tomatoes, Marcus de la fleur, Mark Dvorak, native plants, planting garlic, retrofitting, storm water management, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener

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Folk musician Mark Dvorak and Stephanie Schrodt stop by the studio to promote next week’s Folktober Fest in Oak Park. Holly and Joey Baird, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener, have early fall tips. In the advance of the ILCA’s IMPACT Conference, Marcus de la fleur talks about the benefit of putting native plants in your home’s landscape, and the difficulty of finding companies that will maintain them.

Information from Past Shows Podcasts

May 14, 2017 – Bees, Conservation, Green Buildings and More

May 13, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak bees, Camp BreakDown Break Down, Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards, Conservation at Home, environment, Heather Holm, Illinois Extension, retrofitting, The Conservation Foundation, The Mike Nowak Show, USGBC Illinois

Mike and Peggy start with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT GARDENING IN CHICAGO. Then they welcome a slew of guests and talk about bees, a camp about reconnecting with the earth, a conservation program coming to Cook County, and the work of the Illinois Chapter of the US Green Building Council.