Guests: Tayler Ulmer, Jose Bhagwandeen and Celeste Campos, winnders of CEDA's "My Backyard Garden: Keeping it Fresh" Contest; Greg Ecsedy from the Bobbex company on critter control in the garden; Lenny "Kaz" Kazlauskas from Artesa Home Visions--a sponsor of the "Ultimate Backyard Makeover" Contest--talks about improving your home's exterior; Mike Nowak Show reporter Leah Pietrusiak visits a farmers market in Beverly.

(Note: Due to technical problems, audio on this podcast is sub-standard. My apologies.) Guests: Filmmakers Carey Lundin and Mark Frazel, who have created the television documentary "Jens Jensen Harmonious World"; Martha Boyd from Angelic Organics Learning Center on their second annual Summer Solstice Celebration; LaManda Joy updates The Peterson Garden Project; Mike rants about recycling in Chicago.

Guests: Christy Webber of Christy Webber Landscapes starts out as a guest and ends up being the co-host. Go figure. Also featured: Lucian Gansca from Hardscape Designs, Inc., a sponsor of WCPT's Ultimate Backyard Makeover; Linda Kiscellus from the Midwest Ecological Landscaping Association promotes a showing of the documentary film "A Chemical Reaction" at Cantigny Gardens; 38th Ward Alderman Tom Allen talks about his attempt to force the City of Chicago to finish the roll out of the Blue Cart Recycling Program.

Live Broadcast from Pesche's Garden Center in Des Plaines. Guests: Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Director Marc Miller talks about the initiative with Chicago Wilderness called Leave No Child Inside Month; Milo Shammas, Founder & Formulator, Dr. Earth, Inc.; Wally Schmidtke (a.k.a. "Dr. Wally") from Pesche's.

Guests: Ken Haller, former president of the Illinois State Beekeepers Association in a discussion about Colony Collapse Disorder; Steve Reick from the Fertisorb Company, Amy Gulick, photographer for the book Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest, Rick Moskovitz, President, A-Plus Pest Control, Inc .

Guests: Julia Govis, author of Who's Poisoning Our Children? and Josh Mogerman of the the Natural Resources Defense Council talking about Atrazine in our water;; Beth Botts, who has written about alternatives to plastic pots in her blog, Growing in Chicago and Drew Effron, product manager for Ball Innovations, a part of Ball Horticultural Company, which is working on these alternatives. Beth also talks about the inaugural "Beer Under Glass" Micro Brew Event to benefit the Garfield Park Conservatory.

Live Broadcast from Pesche's Garden Center in Des Plaines. Guests: Milo Shammas, Founder & Formulator, Dr. Earth, Inc.; frog monitor Matt Hokanson; Marjorie Hess from Gary Comer Youth Center about CEDA's"My Backyard Garden: 'Keepin It Fresh" contest for students from grades 8 through 12.

Guests: Dan Schnitzer, Director of Sustainability and Operations, Academy for Global Citizenship; and the Rappe Family: Scott, Grace, Matthew and Nicholas, who spent an entire year sorting and weighing all of the waste they created.

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: Jim Slanina and Linda Basinger from Opus Environmental; Loyola University's Summur Roberts talks about next week's North Lake Shore Community Earth Day 2010: Recipe for a healthy planet; Mike previews Tuesday's rally to support the introduction of 49th Alderman Joe Moore's Chicago Clean Power Ordinance in City Council.