Holiday Archives

It’s a Wonderful Slice 2021!

December 18, 2021December 20, 2021 Mike Nowak Bell Bowl Prairie, Chasing Dragonflies, Cindy Crosby, environment, gardening expert Melinda Myers, It's a Wonderful Slice, Lisa Albrecht, Mac Austin, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Mighty House Home Improvement Show, Peggy Malecki, Skeet from Bartlett Tree Experts, The Mike Nowak Show

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Mike and Peggy wrap up 2021 with their annual presentation of It’s a Wonderful Slice of It’s a Wonderful Life, featuring an all-star cast of friends of the show. Cindy Crosby talks about her book Chasing Dragonflies and why getting out into the natural world is important in winter. She is joined by Illinois Master Naturalist Mac Austin.

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How to Provide Good Food Through Growing Solutions

December 11, 2021December 16, 2021 Mike Nowak Eco-Friendly Mobile Farm Stand Project, environment, food deserts, gardening, Growing Solutions Farm, Peggy Malecki, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Urban Autism Solutions

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This Sunday we explore how different groups work to provide healthy, local food to the Chicago region, while sometimes improving the lives of the people who grow that food. We talk to Bob Kopach from the Eco-Friendly Farm Stand Project and Tucker Kelly, lead grower at Growing Solutions Farm, which is part of Urban Autism Solutions. Mike and Peggy will have some advice giving during the holiday season. And meteorologist Rick DiMaio follows up on the devastating tornadoes in the middle part of our country.

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And Now for Something Completely Different

November 27, 2021November 30, 2021 Mike Nowak biofuels, Bruce A. Henry, climate change, environment, gardening, holiday giving, holiday music, Judy Handler and Mark Levesque, Peggy Malecki, The Mike Nowak Show

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As the weather gets cooler and we head into the holiday season, Mike and Peggy chill literally and figuratively. They discuss the latest environmental stories while playing music by friends of the show–singer Bruce A. Henry and guitarists Judy Handler and Mark Levesque.

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Prairie Uprising on the Horizon

November 20, 2021November 22, 2021 Mike Nowak Chicago Rockford International Airport, Christmas cactus, climate change, Dan Kosta, environment, Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves, gardening, Hippeastrum v. Amaryllis, keeping holiday plants alive, native plants, Peggy Malecki, Save Bell Bowl Prairie, The Mike Nowak Show

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Two months ago, not many folks had ever heard of Bell Bowl Prairie in Rockford, Illinois. Now, it is at the forefront of a prairie uprising. Amy Doll from Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves and Chris Benda, the Illinois Botanizer, bring us up to speed on the latest developments to save this valuable remnant prairie. Dan Kosta from Vern Goers Greenhouse in Hinsdale, Illinois, has advice on which holiday plants to buy and how to keep them healthy.