Summary of Michael Pollan's Second Nature

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#1 A garden is a place where you can be alone and feel safe. It is where you can first grow something, and it is where you can experience the rush of discovery.

#2 My father was a Bronx boy who had been swept to the suburbs in the postwar migration. He was not much of a gardener, and the yard behind our house was a mess. My mother's father, who lived nearby, was constantly annoyed by the condition of our yard.

#3 Grandpa loved land, and he loved to spend his time and money on it. He would send his Italian laborers to replace our soil with his own, and he would constantly check on the condition of our house.

#4 Grandpa, who started out in the teens wholesaling produce in Suffolk County, managed to make money straight through the Depression. He then bought farmland at Depression prices and built a middle-class utopia in the suburbs.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822548961

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Insights on Michael Pollan's Second Nature

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

A garden is a place where you can be alone and feel safe. It is where you can first grow something, and it is where you can experience the rush of discovery.

#2

My father was a Bronx boy who had been swept to the suburbs in the postwar migration. He was not much of a gardener, and the yard behind our house was a mess. My mother's father, who lived nearby, was constantly annoyed by the condition of our yard.

#3

Grandpa loved land, and he loved to spend his time and money on it. He would send his Italian laborers to replace our soil with his own, and he would constantly check on the condition of our house.

#4

Grandpa, who started out in the teens wholesaling produce in Suffolk County, managed to make money straight through the Depression. He then bought farmland at Depression prices and built a middle-class utopia in the suburbs.

#5

My grandparents had a beautiful, wide lawn that we would spend hours playing on when we visited them. The grass always had a fresh crew cut, and it was so springy and uniform that you wanted to run your hand across it and bring your face close.

#6

The area between the lawn and the beach was thickly planted and formed a sort of wilderness that we could explore out of sight of the adults on the patio. Here, we found mature rhododendrons and fruit trees, as well as a famous peach tree that Grandpa had planted from seed.

#7

Grandpa had a huge vegetable garden, and he was always picking the best vegetables for his meals. He loved to slice his beefsteaks into thick pink slabs and eat them with a knife and fork.

#8

Grandpa had a place