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

Mr. Brown Thumb joins Mike in studio to talk about the value of seed saving. Deborah C. Stone, Chief Sustainability Officer and Director of the Cook County Department of Environmental Control, explains a proposed ordinance with the goal of increasing recycling, prosecuting fly-dumping and building more sustainable ways to deal with waste in suburban Cook County. Mike previews the giant pumpkin weigh-off at Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm in Homer Glen, Illinois with George Janowiak.