gardening, the environment, green living and a lot of humor

Guests: Brenda Haas of BGgarden blog and LaManda Joy of The Yarden preview the Twitter Garden Party in Chicago in anticipation of the Independent Garden Center Show at Navy Pier. Filmmakers Brian Ashby and Courtney Prokopas talk about their documentary Scrappers, which will be shown at a fundraiser for the Chicago Recycling Coalition on August 18. Organic farmer Kim Marsin at Sweet Home Organics explains how she and partner Rachel Reklau are switching fields--that is, planting in areas that have been organically recharged with cover crops.