Mike's Resource Handout
To accompany Mike Nowak's live presentations.
from mikenowak.net

This is not meant to be a comprehensive listing of all things gardening. It is simply a few sites, books, etc., that I have come across along the way that I think may be helpful, especially to gardeners in Illinois and nearby states. Enjoy!

And if you want more detailed resources, go to my resource pages at www.mikenowak.net/links.htm.

The Basics

"The Mike Nowak Show," http://www.wcpt820.com/programming/mikenowak.html
Chicagoland Gardening Magazine, www.chicagolandgardening.com
The Midwest Ecological Landscaping Association (MELA), www.melawe.org

Lists of Soil Testing Labs

University of Illinois Extension, www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/soiltest/
Purdue University Agronomy Extension (Indiana), www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/soiltest.html
Cook County Farm Bureau B (They do testing themselves, too), www.cookcfb.com/soil_testing.htm
Organic Gardening (List of soil testing labs throughout the U.S.), www.organicgardening.com/soiltest/1,7775,s1-0-4,00.html

Plant Health Care and General Helpful Info

U of I Extension Home, Yard & Garden Pest Newsletter, www.ag.uiuc.edu/cespubs/hyg/
Morton Arboretum Plant Health Care Monitoring Report (April through August), www.mortonarboretumphc.org/
U of I Extension Hort Corner, www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hort/index.html
GreenNet, Chicago's Greening Network, www.greennetchicago.org

Compost/Composting/Soil Food Web/Mulch
Lake Street Landscape Supply (Chicago compost source), www.lakestreetlandscapesupply.com/
Midwest Organics Recycling (McHenry County compost source), www.compostmatters.com
Resource Center (Chicago compost source) Ken Dunn: 773/758-1351, www.resourcecenterchicago.org
Soil Food Web, Inc., www.soilfoodweb.com
City Farmer, www.cityfarmer.org/wormcomp61.html
Composting Council of Canada, www.compost.org
Jeff Lowenfel's Soil Info, www.alaskahumus.com/JeffsLectureNotes.htm
Keep It Simple, Inc. ( home compost tea brewer), www.simplici-tea.com/
Waterkeeper Alliance ( cypress mulch information), www.waterkeeper.org

Turf Grass and Weeds
SafeLawns.org Campaign, www.safelawns.org
National Coalition for Pesticide Free Lawns, www.pesticidefreelawns.org
Corn Gluten Meal Research Site, www.gluten.iastate.edu/
Cornell's Lawn Care Without Pesticides, www.gardening.cornell.edu/lawn/
Pure Prairie Organics (natural lawn care), www.pure-prairie-organics.com
Wildflower Farm (look for Eco-Lawn link on left side of home page), www.wildflowerfarm.com
Weed Alert (everything about weeds ), www.weedalert.com/

Recycling
Chicago Recycling Coalition, www.chicagorecycling.org
Illinois Recycling Association, www.illinoisrecycles.org
Illinois Recycling Association Resources, www.illinoisrecycles.org/resources.html
National Recycling Coalition, www.nrc-recycle.org/

Invasive Plants
Invasive and Exotic Species of North America, www.invasive.org
Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas, www.nps.gov/plants/alien/list/all.htm

Global Warming
Gardener's Guide to Global Warming (National Wildlife Federation, www.nwf.org/gardenersguide/

Native Plants and Restoration Services
Northwind Perennial Farms (Roy Diblik's place) Millenium Park plants, www.northwindperennialfarm.com
Chicago Wilderness, www.chicagowilderness.org
Millenium Park Plants, www.millenniumpark.org/artandarchitecture/luriegarden/plantlife
EPA's Green Landscaping With Native Plants, www.epa.gov/greenacres/
Midwest Invasive Plant Network, www.mipn.org/
The Sustainable Sites Initiative, www.sustainablesites.org/
Wild Ones, www.for-wild.org/
Art and Linda's Wildflowers, www.artandlindaswildflowers.com/
Pizzo & Associates, www.pizzo.info/
JFNew, www.jfnew.com

Pesticide Information
Safer Pest Control Project, www.spcpweb.org
Beyond Pesticides, www.beyondpesticides.org/
Alternative Control Outreach Research Network, www.entm29.entm.purdue.edu/acorn/
llinois Pesticide Safety Education, www.pesticidesafety.uius.edu/resources/resources.html
Pesticide Action Network North America, www.panna.org
PAN Pesticides Data Base, www.pesticideinfo.org/Index.html
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, www.pesticide.org/inertspage.html
National Pesticide Information Center, http://npic.orst.edu
Extoxnet: the Extension Toxicology Network, ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet

Garden Pests
The Bug Review, Illinois Extension, www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/bugreview/
Clemson University Insect Photos,entweb.clemson.edu/cuentres/cesheets/
Virginia Tech Household Insect Pest links, www.isis.vt.edu/~fanjun/text/Link_pest5.html
Morton Arboretum Plants Not Favored By Deer (PDF), www.mortonarb.org/plantinfo/plantclinic/planttrees/plantclinic_planttrees.htm (click on to “Plants Not Favored By Deer”
Rabbit & Deer Resistant Plants, Town of Parker, Colorado, www.pinery.org/gardendeer.htm
Golden Harvest Organics

Box elder control, www.ghorganics.com/BoxElderBugs.htm
Ant control

, www.ghorganics.com/page11.html

American Mosquito Control Association, www.ghorganics.com/page11.htm

Some Books
Teaming with Microbes, A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowelfels and Wayne Lewis; Timber Press
Native Trees for North American Landscapes by Guy Sternberg with Jim Wilson; Timber Press
Remarkable Trees of the World by Thomas Pakenham; W.W. Norton and Company
Native Plants in the Home Landscape for the Upper Midwest by Keith Gerard Nowakowski; University of Illinois Extension
Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest by Elizabeth J. Czarapata; University of Wisconsin Press
Invasive Plants: Weeds of the Global Garden ; Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants : Brooklyn Botanic Garden
How to Get Your Lawn and Garden Off Drugs: A Basic Guide to Pesticide Free Gardening in North America by Carole Rubin; Harbour Publishing
The Organic Lawn Care Manual by Paul Tukey; Storey Publishing
How to Get Your Lawn Off Grass: A North American Guide to Turning off the Water Tap and Going Native by Carole Rubin; Harbour Publishing
Redesigning the American Lawn: A Search for Environmental Harmony by F. Herbert Bormann, Diana Balmori and Gordon T. Geballe; Yale University Press
Handbook of Successful Ecological Lawn Care by Paul D. Sachs; Edaphic Press
Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology by Eric Grissell, with photographs by Carll Goodpasture; Timber Press
Ecology for Gardeners by Steven B. Carroll and Steven D. Salt; Timber Press
IPM for Gardeners: A Guide to Integrated Pest Management by Raymond A. Cloyd, Philip L. Nixon and Nancy R. Pataky; Timber Press
Weedless Gardening by Lee Reich; Workman Publishing
Allergy-Free Gardening: The Revolutionary Guide to Healthy Landscaping by Thomas Leo Ogren; Ten Speed Press
Diary of a Compost Hotline Operator: Edible Essays on City Farming by Spring Gillard; New Society Publishers
The Gardener's Guide to Common-Sense Pest Control by William Olkowski, Sheia Daar and Helga Olkowski; The Taunton Press
Natural Pest Control: Alternatives to Chemicals for the Home and Garden by Andrew Lopez; Harmonious Technologies
Rodale's All New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening , by F.M. Bradley and Barbar Ellis, Rodale Press
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible, by Edward C. Smith, Storey Books
Carrots Love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte; Storey Books
The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques by Tracy DiSabato-Aust; Timber Press
A Year of Roses by Stephen Scanniello; Cool Springs Press
The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices , by Michael Brower and Warren Leon, Three Rivers Press
Cradle to Cradle, Remaking the Way We Make Things , by William McDonough & Michael Baungart, North Point Press
Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage by Heather Rogers; The New Press
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan; Random House
A Natural History of the Chicago Region by Joel Greenberg; University of Chicago Press
The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual by Barbara Pleasant; Storey Publishing