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Carrie Schloss wrote The Asheville Bee Charmer Cookbook and visits the WCGO studios to talk recipes featuring honey. Jerry Gudauskas of the Illinois Beekeepers Association talks about the insects that make the honey. Mike and Peggy look at environmental stories of the past few weeks.
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As we celebrate Bat Week, Indiana State University’s Joy O’Keefe tells us why this mammal is so important and so misunderstood. Kim Hankins previews the Green Living Expo at McHenry County College. Madison Hopkins from the Better Government Association follows up on her wave-making article about recycling in Chicago.
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Horticulturist Dan Kosta from Vern Goers Greenhouse has advice on getting your spring blooming bulbs in the ground while there’s still time. P.J. Miller tells you why Happy Leaf LED grow lights are a great way to jump start your seedlings or keep plants healthy throughout the winter. Mike and Peggy report on the endorsements of environmental groups for the 2018 elections.
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Landscape architect Thomas Rainer offers some heretical advice on what makes plants happy. Peggy and Mike welcome some winning gardeners from the Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards ceremony.
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Folk musician Mark Dvorak and Stephanie Schrodt stop by the studio to promote next week’s Folktober Fest in Oak Park. Holly and Joey Baird, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener, have early fall tips. In the advance of the ILCA’s IMPACT Conference, Marcus de la fleur talks about the benefit of putting native plants in your home’s landscape, and the difficulty of finding companies that will maintain them.
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Mike and Peggy broadcast live from Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, just southwest of Chicago near Wilmington, Illinois, and talk to range of guests about one of the great restoration projects in the history of the planet.
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The cast and crew of Green Scene’s play “Helianthus!” come to the WCGO studios to talk about this theatrical history of the plant we call a sunflower. Gary Oppenheimer of AmpleHarvest.org is back on the final day of Food Waste Weekend to promote the productive distribution of excess food in America.
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Members of the Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts promote the 2018 Windy City Coop & Eco-Yard Tour…and provide some musical entertainment. Mike test drives an electric vehicle in nine minutes. Doug Taron, PhD from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum reports on large numbers of migrating monarch butterflies.
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Gardening expert Melinda Myers has late season advice for hydrangea care; Dr. Jack Gilbert, author of Dirt Is Good talks about why protecting your kids from germs might not be the best thing for them.
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Marta Touloumes Keane, Recycling Program Specialist for Will County, explains what can and can’t be recycled, and why. Rich and Susan Eyre from Rich’s Foxwillow Pines prepare for their Hosta Happening Finale next week.
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