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"Should I plant an oak where there is insufficient room for it to grow and reach maturity, knowing that the tree will eventually be cut down? Is five to ten years of ecological service worth it?

It is worth it. Oaks grow faster than you think and will reach a productive size in just a few years--and they support wildlife no matter their size."

Well then! Enough said!!! PLANT. OAKS!

This format (question and answer) is a very approachable way to read this book

"The ironic thing about spraying to keep your plants safe from insects is that the first creatures to die from insecticides are the insect predators and parasitoids that control plant eaters. Because they do not have to detoxify defensive compounds in places, as insect herbivores have to do every day, insect natural enemies are far more sensitive to insecticides than are the target insects."

"Our measures of "success" tend to be economic in nature, and they assume that we can--indeed, we must--enlarge our economies forever.... What we have not been told is that reports of population declines are the first glimmer of real hope that we humans may have a future on Earth."