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Mike's Resource Handout
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 by clicking here.
Printable version of the handout
The Basics"The Mike Nowak Show" on WCPT Radio 820
Chicagoland Gardening MagazineThe Midwest Ecological Landscaping Association (MELA)
Lists of Soil Testing Labs
University of Illinois Extension
Purdue University Agronomy Extension (Indiana)
Cook County Farm Bureau B (They do testing themselves, too)
Organic Gardening (List of soil testing labs throughout the U.S.)
Plant Health Care and General Helpful Info
U of I Extension Home, Yard & Garden Pest Newsletter
Morton Arboretum Plant Health Care Monitoring Report
GreenNet, Chicago's Greening Network
Compost/Composting/Soil Food Web/Mulch
Lake Street Landscape Supply (Chicago compost source)
Midwest Organics Recycling (McHenry County compost source)
Resource Center (Chicago compost source)
Ken Dunn: 773/758-1351Keep It Simple, Inc. ( home compost tea brewer)
Waterkeeper Alliance ( cypress mulch information)
Turf Grass and Weeds
National Coalition for Pesticide Free Lawns
Corn Gluten Meal Research Site
Cornell's Lawn Care Without Pesticides
Pure Prairie Organics (natural lawn care)
Wildflower Farm (look for Eco-Lawn link on left side of home page)
Weed Alert (everything about weeds )
Recycling
Illinois Recycling Association
Illinois Recycling Association Resources
Invasive Plants
Invasive and Exotic Species of North America
Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas
Global Warming
Gardener's Guide to Global Warming (National Wildlife Federation)
Native Plants and Restoration Services
Northwind Perennial Farms (Roy Diblik's place)EPA's Green Landscaping With Native Plants
Midwest Invasive Plant Network
The Sustainable Sites Initiative
Pesticide Information
Alternative Control Outreach Research Network
Illinois Pesticide Safety Education
Pesticide Action Network North America
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
National Pesticide Information Center
Extoxnet: the Extension Toxicology Network
Garden Pests
The Bug Review, Illinois Extension
Clemson University Insect Photos
Virginia Tech Household Insect Pest links
Morton Arboretum Plants Not Favored By Deer (PDF)
Rabbit & Deer Resistant Plants, Town of Parker, Colorado
Golden Harvest Organics
American Mosquito Control Association
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