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ARCHIVED YEARS    2007

Oct. 11th 2008              SUBJECTS - Keeping Plants Over Winter/Critter Feature: Three Striped Ground Squirrel/Did You Know; Hops, Mesquite.

Oct. 4th 2008                SUBJECTS - JDRF - 9 years running/Critter Feature: Crow Recognition/Did You Know; Fall Color, Sarsaparilla/Product Review; Vegan Garden Gloves.

Sept. 29th 2008             SUBJECTS - The Publics Short Memory/Critter Feature: Photogenic Frogs/Jake being Inducted to The National Honor Society.

Sept. 20th 2008            SUBJECTS - Chlorophyll - What is it?/Critter Feature: Largest One Celled Animal - Amoeba!

Sept. 13th 2008            SUBJECTS - Community Update/Critter Feature: Hundreds of Robins passing through. 

Sept. 6th 2008              SUBJECTS - Currants/Critter Feature: Turkey Vultures/D's Product Review - Introduce Giveaway/Everyone Has an Expiration Date

Aug. 30th 2008            SUBJECTS - D's Product Review - 'Ups A Daisy Pot Inserts'/Critter Feature: Vegetarian Spider/Spinosid.

Aug. 23rd 2008           SUBJECTS - D's Product Review - 'Sweeney's All Season Weather Proof Deer Repellent'/Critter Feature: Seen in one 12 foot section of stream; Bohemian Waxwing, Indigo Bunting, Eastern Bluebird, House Finch, Common Sparrow, Gold Finch.

Aug. 16th 2008            SUBJECTS - Hey There Plant Buckaroo's/Industry News: Behind the Scenes at The Flower & Garden Show.

Aug. 9th 2008              SUBJECTS - Coming clean on Brawl/Critter Feature: Shrew, Steel Blue Cricket Hunter/Industry News: Block Parties at local Distributors.

Aug. 2nd 2008            SUBJECTS - Moth Balls/Critter Feature: Witness of a Brawl/Working out in the Garden - Hydrate yourself and water new plantings.

Jul. 26th 2008              SUBJECTS - Purple Bougainville in the North/Critter Feature: Baby Turkeys Joined Adults, Luna Moth, Young Critters Dying.

Jul. 19th 2008              SUBJECTS - Annual Vines/Critter Feature: Walking Catfish, Goshawk vs. Blue Jay.

Jul. 12th 2008              SUBJECTS - Annual Flowering Vines/Critter Feature: Unidentified Birds, Crows Bathing, Bombarded by Swallows.

Jul. 5th 2008                SUBJECTS - Perennial Vines for Home Planting/Critter Feature: Coyote & Deer.

Jun. 30th 2008            SUBJECTS - Running Count of American Citizens Murdered in our Cities vs. Running Count of American Soldiers Killed in Iraq - Where is the Media Balance?/Museums in Chicagoland Area.

Jun. 28th 2008            SUBJECTS - Flower & Garden Show Returning to Navy Pier/Critter Feature: Dragonflies joining in the hunt for insects when Dplantmann is mowing lawn./Mosquitoes.

Jun. 21st 2008             SUBJECTS - Ferns/Summer Pruning/WKRS - 2008 Mid-market Radio Station of the Year.

Jun. 14th 2008            SUBJECTS - Garden Tours/Critter Feature: Uploaded Pictures on Website/Fungal Disease on Ash Trees.

Jun. 7th 2008              SUBJECTS - Pollinating Fruit Crops/Critter Feature: Wasp Behavior, Turkeys chasing Blue Heron/Gentleman Farmer Crops; Asparagus, Gladiolas, Strawberry, Apples, Tomatoes, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Pumpkins.

May. 31st 2008           SUBJECTS - Pollinating Fruit Crops/Critter Feature: Parrot, Toads, 2 Owls, Fawn and Rose Breasted Grosbeak/Weather/Growing Potatoes in a pot.

May. 24th 2008          SUBJECTS - Pollinating Fruit Crops/Critter Feature: Unidentified Tree Frog/Spring Update/Thank you to Bill Aldrich for donating 500 'Chicagoland Garden Magazines' to troops stationed in Iraq.

May. 17th 2008          SUBJECTS - Container Plant Tips/Critter Feature: Wild Turkey Behavior/Dudes Don't Plant Flowers/St. John's Golf Auction.

May. 10th 2008          SUBJECTS - Seldom used Medium Sized Trees.

May. 3rd 2008           SUBJECTS - Splitting Herbaceous Perennials/Critter Feature: Owls/Planting Shrub Suckers/Seldom used Medium Sized Trees.

APR. 26th 2008          SUBJECTS - Eco-Speak/Critter Feature: Turkey Brawl/44% Yankee.

APR. 19th 2008          SUBJECTS - Tree Appraisals/Critter Feature: Ground Beetles.

APR. 12th 2008          SUBJECTS - Marine Feeder Areas/Purple Grape Tomatoes.

APR. 5th 2008            SUBJECTS - Spring maintenance Tips/Critter Feature: Animals we saw in Alabama, we we're part of a Scientific Study/Ideal time to move young trees/Crop Rotation in the Vegetable Garden.

MAR. 15th 2008        SUBJECTS - Good Morning Fellow Squash Heads!/Irrigation - Guest: Betty Sargent, Principal of J.M. Irrigation.

MAR. 8th 2008          SUBJECTS - Internet Scams - If I collected from, just the ones last week, I would be $17,600,000 richer/Critter Feature: 15 Swans on Grass Lake, Weasel (Road kill)/Technology Tick: Rhizomous Turf Type Fescue/Hello to Jimmy Mack, when are you coming back?/Dplantmann Speaking at Chicago Flower & Garden Show - Presentation: 'Stop or I'll Shoot', The ABC's of Recording & Cataloging your immediate Outdoor Environment.

MAR. 1st 2008           SUBJECTS - Earthworms - Macro-organism, Part of the Soil Profile/Critter Feature: Animal Consciousness - Pig & Parrot/Still to snowy to get out into the yard.

FEB. 23rd 2008          SUBJECTS - The Moon - Various Names for the Moon/Critter Feature: Hand Held Hummingbirds/Technology Tick: Mosquito Misting Systems/Question of the Listeners -'A Critter which plays a role in two of Dplantmann's Passions? The Earthworm (Fishing & Gardening).

FEB. 16th 2008          SUBJECTS - Color Wheel - Dplantmann's Reworked Color Wheel/Critter Feature: Mouse at Bird Feeder/Science News - The Warm Jungles of Ancient France.

FEB. 9th 2008            SUBJECTS - Warm Thought of the day - 51 Days till Cubs Home Opener/Critter Feature: Squash Vine Borer/Plants - Water Garden & Clematis Cultivars/February Dplantmann Speaking Schedule.

FEB. 2nd 2008          SUBJECTS - Rodent Day on The Dplantmann Show'/Critter Feature: Bald Eagle Sighted in Antioch & Spring Grove/Mid-am Show - Easy Elegance Roses (Hybrids on own rootstock).

JAN. 26th 2008        SUBJECTS - Signs of Spring - Home Improvement Show Season, Ground Hog Day, Earlier Daybreak, Daytona 500/Herbs - Fresh vs. Dry/Dplantmann Heading UP Energy Savings Panel at 30th Home & Energy Expo.

JAN. 19th 2008        SUBJECTS - 2008 AAS Winner - Perennial Geranium - 'Rozzane'/Critter Feature: One Ton Rodent - A Big Time Rodent Problem.

JAN. 12th 2008        SUBJECTS - 2008 Roll Out Party - 'Meet The Talkers'/Mid-am Show/White Flies - lifecycle & control/Critter Feature: Sandhill Crane information, Hawks out hunting.

JAN. 5th 2008          SUBJECTS - Guide to edible flowers - How to snaz up mixed drinks & Ice water too.