The 2010 STIHL Tour des Trees launch from Millennium Park, to benefit the TREE Fund. Guests: Scott Jamieson from Bartlett Tree Experts; riders Andrew Fittsley, Beth Buchanan, John Kirchner and Kristin Wild; Geoff Cowan from The Davey Tree Expert Company and Shawn Kingzette from The Care of Trees; Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Environment Suzanne Malec-McKenna; and rock icon and world class tree farmer Chuck Leavell.

Mike and Heather talk about relief for victims of Haiti earthquake; Guests: Maureen Phillips talks about the 7th Annual Gardening Show presented by the Porter County Master Gardeners Association. Speakers for the show include Connor Shaw from Possibility Place Sursery and writer Jean Starr from Chicagoland Gardening Magazine.

Guests: Todd Jacobson and Deirdre Toner from Perennials in Focus; 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore talks about his Chicago Clean Power Ordinance with Faith Bugel, senior attorney with the Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC);32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack discusses the implications of privatizing Chicago's water system with Jon Keesecker of Food and Water Watch and Baxanhall from U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group).

Guests: Anna Pavord, author of the gorgeous book, Bulb; blogger and Twitterer LaManda Joy, a.k.a. @TheYarden, who talks about "The Lost Victory Garden Seed List of 1943"; Paul Tukey, founder of SafeLawns.org discusses the Chicago premiere of his documentary, "A Chemical Reaction" with Mike and Steve Neumann from Clean Air Lawn Care Chicago.

Guests: Victoria Anderson, who manages the Edibles Department at Gethsemane Garden Center in Chicago, talks about the fall starter vegetables they have on sale now; Alex Lyakhovetsky, a Northbrook resident, tells the story of his mother, who planted a vegetable garden in the front yard and who was told by the village that it must be taken down; Kathleen Thompson looks at CSAs and how to deal with all of the vegetables that end up in your kitchen.

Guests: Authors, bloggers, Tweeters, podcasters and kibitzers Jean Ann Van Krevelen (@JeanAnnVK) and Amanda Thomsen (@KissMyAster) talk about their new book, Grocery Gardening: Planting, Preparing and Preserving Fresh Food. We even sneak in some conversation about the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Local Foodies Jim Slama and Vicki Nowicki preview FamilyFarmed Expo. The continuing saga, "To Dump or Not To Dump" in DeKalb County continues. Dan Kenney of Stop the DeKalb County Mega-Dump is back to report on the week-long public hearing about whether to expand the county's landfill.

Guests: Foresight Design Initiative Executive Director Peter Nicholson; Dan Kenney, chair of a group called Stop the DeKalb County Mega-Dump; Joe Lill, Vice President of the Chicago Audubon Society talks about Birding America ViII. But who knew that he had prodigious musical talent? Check out the final ten minutes of the podcast to hear Joe wail on the trumpet...over the phone, no less.

Mike looks at the stories of 2009 that fell through the cracks.

The Mike Nowak Show X-Mas X-Travaganza! Guests: Joe Heidgen from Shady Hill Garden; Scott Austin , who has hosted his own radio show in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada for 21 years. And the WCPT premiere of It's a Wonderful Slice of 'It's a Wonderful Life.'

Every week, Mike Nowak presents the Environmental Report on the Wisconsin Gardener radio show. In this report, he talks about the dozen kinds of produce that have the highest pesticide residues, according to the Environmental Working Group.