Dr. Allan Armitage chats with Mike about his new online course, Perennials for the Sun, and his new app, Armitage's Greatest Perennials and Annuals. Jim and Jamie Dutcher talk about their experiences raising and existing among wolves in Idaho that led them to write the book The Hidden Life of Wolves, and they promote their exhibit at The Field Museum, Living with Wolves.

Mike and W.C. Turck from Our Town talk about whether or not the Illinois General Assembly will pass a fracking moratorium bill. Wes King,interim executive director of the Illinois Stewardship Alliance, gives a progress report on the 2012 U.S. Farm Bill, which still has not passed Congress. Chris Mest from Tree Care Advisor and Shawn Kingzette of Davey Tree Expert Company, parent company of The Care of Trees, talk about the difficulty of preserving urban forests.

Mel Bartholomew created the concept of square foot gardening more than 30 years ago. Since then, his books, Square Foot Gardening and All New Square Foot Gardening have sold more than two million copies. He stops by the studio to share the wisdom of his method.

Legendary news anchor Bill Kurtis talks to Mike about his new radio segment on Chicagos Progressive Talk, called Earth Matters. Jim Slama from FamilyFarmed.org and Vicki Nowicki from Liberty Gardens preview the upcoming Good Food Festival in Chicago. Mel Bartholomew, best-selling author of All New Square Foot Gardening, stops by the studio to talk about why his methods have helped him sell more than two million books.

Tracy Yang from the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club has an update about legal action by environmental groups against the IDNR in regard to a proposed frac sand mine outside of Starved Rock State Park. Margaret Martin-Heaton from Go Green Wilmette talks to Lisa Albrecht about the upcoming Going Green Matters event. Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott from Washington State University and Jeff Gillman from the University of Minnesota are two of the four people who comprise The Garden Professors, and they talk to Mike about some controversial and not-so-controversial gardening issues.Cathy McGlynn from the Northeast Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership (NIIPP) previews National Invasive Species Awareness Week, which already has been affected by the federal spending cuts.