Blazing Star Nursery Archives

Recycling Failures 101: It’s not Always Your Fault

May 15, 2021May 18, 2021 Mike Nowak Blazing Star Nursery, Dennis Warnecke, Extended Producer Responsibility, Marta Keane, Peggy Malecki, Recycling failures, recycling plastics, rhizophagy cycle, soil biology, Tainio Biologicals Inc., The Mike Nowak Show, Will County Green

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Will County Recycling Program Specialist Marta Keane returns to talk recycling failures and successes. Dennis Warnecke from Tainio Biologicals Inc also returns to instruct us on the importance of soil biology in growing plants.

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How To Save Your Favorite River

May 4, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak Blazing Star Nursery, Chicago River Day, environment, gardening, Lorraine Ballato, Margaret Frisbie, Mark Dvorak, Peggy Malecki, Pete Seeger, Success with Hydrangeas, sustainability, Tainio Biologicals, The Mike Nowak Show

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Margaret Frisbie from Friends of the Chicago River talks about next week’s Chicago River Day, while Chicago folk musician Mark Dvorak explains how Pete Seeger helped to save the Hudson River. Lorraine Ballato has great hydrangea care info in her new book, “Success with Hydrangeas.” Carol and Steve Wenzel from Blazing Star Nursery explain how farmers and backyard gardeners can create healthy soil.