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2 Million Blossoms, Umpteen Million Seeds

January 16, 2021January 18, 2021 Mike Nowak 2 Million Blossoms, bees, Fruition Seeds, gardening during the pandemic, heirloom plants, open pollinated plants, Peggy Malecki, pollinators, Seed Savers Exchange, seed sharing, The Mike Nowak Show

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Roger Hartwell from Seed Savers Exchange and Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds explain how there has been an explosion of gardening in the past year and why you might want to get your seed orders in early. Kirsten S. Traynor, PhD explains how, in an age of online publications, it’s still possible to create a quality quarterly print magazine–about pollinators!

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TOMATOMANIA with KC and NC

June 1, 2019June 2, 2019 Mike Nowak American Public Works Association, Craig LeHoullier, environment, Fred Braun, gardening, heirloom plants, KC Tomato, organic gardening, Peggy Malecki, snow and ice removal, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Village of Niles

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Tomato experts Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes, and tomato breeder KC Tomato (not his real name), join Mike and Peggy to talk about getting the tomato season started. Fred Braun, Director of Public Works for the Village of Niles, talks about how their snow and ice removal system just won an award from the American Public Works Association (APWA).

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January 14, 2017 – Secrets of Selecting Seeds

January 13, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Chicago Botanic Garden, gardening, GMOs, heirloom plants, hybrids, Peggy Malecki, Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden, seed catalogs, The Mike Nowak Show

It’s another abbreviated version of The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki today. However, The Man has informed us that we get to broadcast for a full two hours on Saturday, January 21. We’ll see. However, this morning we welcome Lisa Hilgenberg, who is the horticulturist at the Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden, back to the program. Her mission: to teach us as much as she can in about twenty minutes about which seed catalogs to order and how to get those little guys started–and when!