Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Join me for a lively and entertaining conversation with the inimitable Mike Nowak. Mike has been on the radio in Chicago for more than 25 years talking mostly about gardening. Check out Mike's website (mikenowak.net/) and his YouTube channel (youtube.com/@TheMikeNowakShow).
About Mike:
In 2022 Mike Nowak celebrates 25 years talking about gardening, the environment and green living on his program. Before going “strictly internet,” Mike hosted programs on WGN Radio, WCPT 820AM, Que4 Radio, and WCGO 1590 AM. For two seasons, he was co-host of the local gardening and food TV program Dig In Chicago. His award-winning column was on the inside back page of Chicagoland Gardening Magazine for sixteen years before that publication’s unfortunate demise. In 2014, Around the Block Press published his first book, Attack of the Killer Asparagus and Other Lessons Not Learned in the Garden. He is also a popular speaker on the garden club circuit (in person or via Zoom).
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👉 Recommended reading 🤓
📗 Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements amzn.to/3YJVQze
📗 Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community amzn.to/3OO5Brw
📗 Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability amzn.to/3OJSasD
📗 Piet Oudolf At Work amzn.to/3TL1Ntd
📗 Wild flowers and how to grow them by Edwin Francis Steffek amzn.to/42GAc0k
📗 Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: An Introduction to the Genus Carex
amzn.to/3FBA5cD
📗 Gardening with Grasses, Michael King & Pite Oudolf amzn.to/3TtQ5Dd
📗 The Gardener's Essential by Gertrude Jekyll amzn.to/3XbHBAV
📗 The Well-Tempered Garden by C. Lloyd amzn.to/3Yp30aQ
📗 Flora of the Chicago Region amzn.to/3kZcOKf
📗 The World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry amzn.to/3IuiB0J
📗 Gardening With Perennials Month By Month amzn.to/3k9NCy1
📗 Tokachi Millennium Forest: Pioneering a New Way of Gardening With Nature amzn.to/3lcbsba
📗 In Praise Of Shadows amzn.to/3ljBvgq
📘 The Hidden Half Of Nature amzn.to/3dkmYzn
📕 Perennial Garden Plants by Graham Stuart Thomas: amzn.to/37mGvM7
📗 Planting Designs by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury: amzn.to/3oTYKOF
📘 Planting The Natural Garden by Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen: amzn.to/2IRvglg
📙 Seedheads In The Garden by Noel Kingsbury: amzn.to/37ji6H7
📙 Know Maintenance by Roy Diblik: amzn.to/3oWt9fy
📕 A Small Porch by Wendell Berry: amzn.to/3gPLO9T
📘 Jewels of the Plains by Claude A. Barr: amzn.to/3J0yFsM
📕 The Art of Planting or the Planter's Handbook by Graham Stuart Thomas: amzn.to/3B9l3t8
📘 Hardy Perennials by Alan Bloom: amzn.to/3aRh6hY
(Some of these links may be 'affiliate' links. You'll pay the same price but I may make a small commission if you purchase through these links. This will help support my channel and keep the content coming! Thank you!!)
🎥 Produced by Geneva Lake Creative genevalakecreative.com
✍ For a design consultation contact Roy at roydiblik@gmail.com
📕 Buy Roy's book here: amzn.to/3oWt9fy
👉 Buy the Spear Head Spade here: amzn.to/3b7ygWt
#roydiblik #northwindperennialfarm
Join me for a lively and entertaining conversation with the inimitable Mike Nowak. Mike has been on the radio in Chicago for more than 25 years talking mostly about gardening. Check out Mike's website (mikenowak.net/) and his YouTube channel (youtube.com/@TheMikeNowakShow).
About Mike:
In 2022 Mike Nowak celebrates 25 years talking about gardening, the environment and green living on his program. Before going “strictly internet,” Mike hosted programs on WGN Radio, WCPT 820AM, Que4 Radio, and WCGO 1590 AM. For two seasons, he was co-host of the local gardening and food TV program Dig In Chicago. His award-winning column was on the inside back page of Chicagoland Gardening Magazine for sixteen years before that publication’s unfortunate demise. In 2014, Around the Block Press published his first book, Attack of the Killer Asparagus and Other Lessons Not Learned in the Garden. He is also a popular speaker on the garden club circuit (in person or via Zoom).
Like, subscribe, and share! Leave comments and questions and Roy will do his best to reply! Closed Caption is now available! Activate with the CC button on the bottom right of the video window.
👉 Recommended reading 🤓
📗 Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements amzn.to/3YJVQze
📗 Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community amzn.to/3OO5Brw
📗 Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability amzn.to/3OJSasD
📗 Piet Oudolf At Work amzn.to/3TL1Ntd
📗 Wild flowers and how to grow them by Edwin Francis Steffek amzn.to/42GAc0k
📗 Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: An Introduction to the Genus Carex
amzn.to/3FBA5cD
📗 Gardening with Grasses, Michael King & Pite Oudolf amzn.to/3TtQ5Dd
📗 The Gardener's Essential by Gertrude Jekyll amzn.to/3XbHBAV
📗 The Well-Tempered Garden by C. Lloyd amzn.to/3Yp30aQ
📗 Flora of the Chicago Region amzn.to/3kZcOKf
📗 The World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry amzn.to/3IuiB0J
📗 Gardening With Perennials Month By Month amzn.to/3k9NCy1
📗 Tokachi Millennium Forest: Pioneering a New Way of Gardening With Nature amzn.to/3lcbsba
📗 In Praise Of Shadows amzn.to/3ljBvgq
📘 The Hidden Half Of Nature amzn.to/3dkmYzn
📕 Perennial Garden Plants by Graham Stuart Thomas: amzn.to/37mGvM7
📗 Planting Designs by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury: amzn.to/3oTYKOF
📘 Planting The Natural Garden by Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen: amzn.to/2IRvglg
📙 Seedheads In The Garden by Noel Kingsbury: amzn.to/37ji6H7
📙 Know Maintenance by Roy Diblik: amzn.to/3oWt9fy
📕 A Small Porch by Wendell Berry: amzn.to/3gPLO9T
📘 Jewels of the Plains by Claude A. Barr: amzn.to/3J0yFsM
📕 The Art of Planting or the Planter's Handbook by Graham Stuart Thomas: amzn.to/3B9l3t8
📘 Hardy Perennials by Alan Bloom: amzn.to/3aRh6hY
(Some of these links may be 'affiliate' links. You'll pay the same price but I may make a small commission if you purchase through these links. This will help support my channel and keep the content coming! Thank you!!)
🎥 Produced by Geneva Lake Creative genevalakecreative.com
✍ For a design consultation contact Roy at roydiblik@gmail.com
📕 Buy Roy's book here: amzn.to/3oWt9fy
👉 Buy the Spear Head Spade here: amzn.to/3b7ygWt
#roydiblik #northwindperennialfarm
