Monarch butterflies

Monarch butterflies
Food justice Gardening Insects Local food Monarch butterflies Native plants 

Monarch Butterflies: Yet Another Species on the Brink

Mike Nowak , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:07:12 — 61.2MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More

The monarch numbers from Mexico were just released and they’re…okay. Which means that the iconic species is still threatened. Horticulturist Dolly Foster returns to the show to talk about choosing plants–including milkweed–to attract monarchs and other pollinators to your yard. Bob Benenson of Local Food Forum reports on the start of summer farmers market season and some developments for small farms and growers.

Read more
Doug Tallamy - Bluejay with acorn
Biology Birding Climate change Conservation Environment Gardening Insects Monarch butterflies Native plants Natural sciences 

Doug Tallamy on Saving Nature and Ourselves

Mike Nowak , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:06:05 — 59.1MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More

Entomologist, ecologist and author Doug Tallamy returns to the show. He discusses his latest book, The Nature of Oaks and his work to create Homegrown National Park. But he will also talk with Kerry Leigh, executive director of the Natural Land Institute about the continuing threat to Bell Bowl Prairie in Rockford. On the good news front, we’ll chat with Debra Behrens from The Prairie Enthusiasts about a grant they just received to expand Mounds View Grasslands Preserve near Madison, Wisconsin.

Read more
Healthy Garden - Joe Gardener
Climate change Composting Environment Gardening Information from Past Shows Insects Lawn Care Local food Monarch butterflies Native plants Natural sciences Recycling soil health 

How to Create The Healthy Garden

Mike Nowak , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:03:32 — 58.8MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More

We start a brand new year with a brand new book. The Healthy Garden: Simple Steps for a Greener World is written by a couple of gardening pros–Kathleen Norris Brenzel and Mary-Kate Mackey. We’ll talk about how and especially why you should become a friend of the earth. Then Mike and Peggy talk about some of the environmental stories making headlines. And meteorologist Rick DiMaio has his first report of the year, following Chicago’s first snow of the year.

Read more
I Know What You Did - UIC Nutrition Teaching Garden
Conservation Environment Gardening Insects Local food Monarch butterflies Plant-based diet 

I Know What You Did in the Garden this Year

Mike Nowak , , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:58:03 — 55.4MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More

Mike and Peggy welcome gardeners representing three gardens that were recognized by the Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards’ 2021 60-Second Garden Video Challenge. They also update the #SaveBellBowlPrairie situation. Meteorologist Rick DiMaio previews a La Nina-influence winter.

Read more
Creating New Lives for Rescued Farm Animals - Mr. President the Turkey
animal welfare Conservation Environment Environmental justice Factory farms Farming Insects Monarch butterflies Plant-based diet 

Creating New Lives for Rescued Farm Animals

Mike Nowak , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More

Katie Parker from Tamerlaine Sanctuary and Preserve in New Jersey, and Erin Yanz of Erin’s Farm in Hobart, Indiana give virtual tours of the lands on which they give abused and neglected farm animals a chance for a future.

Read more
Butterfly Whisperer - regal fritillary
Climate change Conservation Environment Gardening Insects Monarch butterflies 

Return of the Butterfly Whisperer

Mike Nowak , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:04:35 — 59.4MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More

Doug Taron is a PhD, Chief Curator of the Chicago Academy of Sciences at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, director of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network and much more. But we prefer to call him The Butterfly Whisperer. At least this week. He joins us on the show to talk monarchs, regal fritillaries, insect decline, and whatever else comes up in the realm of entomology.

Read more
Birding Conservation Environment Gardening Monarch butterflies 

Create Sanctuary for Wildlife in your Garden

Mike Nowak , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:02:15 — 57.3MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More

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.

Read more
Rescuing Species - Montrose Beach
Birding Conservation Monarch butterflies Podcast 

Rescuing Species with Urban Sanctuaries

Mike Nowak , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:00:14 — 56.6MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More

This week, we talk about efforts to protect butterflies and birds in Chicago, and what that means for the populations of monarchs, piping plovers and other species. Erika Hasle, Izabella Redlinski and Douglas Stotz from The Field Museum, and filmmaker Bob Dolgan join us.

Read more