Summary: <p style="text-align: left;">Mary Tiedeman from the <a href="https://www.soils.org/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soil Science Society of America</a> talks about how roots and soil organisms respond to snow and freezing weather. Zhenwei Zhu, of the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago, promotes the new <a href="https://www.luc.edu/sustainability/initiatives/environmentaltestinglab/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Loyola Environmental Testing Laboratory (LETL)</a>. Tony Abruscato, President and Show Director of the <a href="http://chicagoflower.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago Flower and Garden Show</a>, previews the 2018 edition of this classic Chicago event.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"></p>
