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Straw Bale Solutions, Carbon Solutions

February 17, 2019February 29, 2020 Mike Nowak carbon sequestration, Cottage in the Court, Dirt Rich, environment, Joel Karsten, Marcy Cravat, One Earth Film Festival, Peggy Malecki, poor soil, Straw Bale Gardening, sustainability, Teresa Speight, The Mike Nowak Show

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Teresa Speight from Cottage in the Court talks about passing along her passion for gardening. Joel Karsten explains why the techniques in Straw Bale Solutions have become popular throughout the world. Marcy Cravat returns to the One Earth Film Festival with a documentary about our hopes for sequestering carbon.

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August 13, 2017 – Cultivating Resilience

August 12, 2017August 18, 2017 Mike Nowak Chicago Botanic Garden, Chris Beiser, fruits and vegetables, Lisa Hilgenberg, Peggy Malecki, permaculture, plant diseases, The Mike Nowak Show, The Resiliency Institute

Mike’s taking a couple of days off and Peggy Malecki sits in the pilot’s chair for today’s show. Lisa Hilgenberg, mega-horticulturist at the Chicago Botanic Garden, joins Peggy in-studio as they welcome Michelle Hickey of The Resiliency Institute to discuss using permaculture, growing food security projects and using community engagement to build resilient communities. Then Peggy and Lisa welcome Chicago Botanic Garden plant care specialist Chris Beiser for a lively discussion of late summer gardens, plant problems and yellow jacket wasps.

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August 12, 2017 – Moms Fight to Breathe Free

August 11, 2017August 18, 2017 Mike Nowak asthma, clean energy, environment, gardening, green house gases, Kelly Nichols, Moms Clean Air Force, Peggy Malecki, petcoke, public health, The Mike Nowak Show

Peggy Malecki takes the reins as Mike Nowak takes a couple of days off. She welcomes back Kelly Nichols from Moms Clean Air Force to discuss the connection between clean energy and clean air. Rick DiMaio returns to talk about 2016–another year that goes into the record books for extreme heat.

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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!