Hey, everybody.

This is Joe Lample.

Today is an on-core episode that I picked for you for a few reasons.

First, it's with the one and only Dr. Doug Tellamy and anything he has to say, we should

hear more than once because he's that good and his message is so important.

Two, we're coming into planting season for trees and shrubs and the fall is for planting

and considering this topic is about our most environmentally essential tree, I want you

to hear this timely message with hope that you will be inspired by Dr. Tellamy's message

today to go plant an oak or two or even three in your yard and you'll be doing yourself

and countless wildlife a great service.

And three, we've been focusing a lot lately on the importance of ecological gardening and

making greater efforts to provide the services, the plants, the trees, the environment that

wildlife needs and depends on and at the rate that we're losing it as gardeners, I think

we have even a bigger responsibility than ever to try to reclaim some of that and the

sooner the better.

So this is another great conversation with Doug Tellamy and I hope you enjoy it.

Hi, everybody.

It's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardener and welcome to the Joe Gardener Show.

And I'm so excited to bring you our newest episode today with Dr. Doug Tellamy.

If you've been listening to the show for a while, you've heard my past episodes with Doug

as we discussed his last two books, their blockbuster books, Bringing Nature Home.

That was his first really big one that was so popular.

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