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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Links from Mike Nowak Show of Oct. 9

Here are links for more information on topics that came up Sunday when I was guest hosting the Mike Nowak Show on WCPT.

Mike's website

Organic Gardening magazine

Chicago Tribune compost story

Chicagoland Gardening magazine 

Landreth Seed Co. saga

Growing Home building a new farm

Bike the Calumet 12-mile bike tour Oct. 16

Garfield Park Conservatory

Conservatory events, including Plant Rescue Sale

Open House Chicago, and its Green Trail

Report: The Future of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Ways to discover the nearby Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore:

Learn (official national park site)

Volunteer: National Parks Conservation Association, Save the Dunes

Paddle: Lake Michigan Water Trail

Fantastic Fall Orchids Show at Chicago Botanic Garden

My take on houseplants

Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse vegetable gardening class

Chicago Botanic Garden's Windy City Harvest and Green Youth Farm

Mike will be back next week, from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday on WCPT, 820 AM in Chicago.
Posted by Beth Botts at 4:39 PM
Labels: Chicago Botanic Garden, Garfield Park Conservatory, Growing Home, Mike Nowak, radio

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I'm an award-winning garden writer, speaker and consultant in Chicago, where I was on staff at the Chicago Tribune for more than 20 years. Raised on the South Side by an organic gardener and environmentalist, I now garden in a leafy suburb on the edge of Chicago--in the deep shade on the north side of a four-story building, in the sunny strip by the garbage cans, in pots on the third-floor porch and on the windowsills in the winter.
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